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Why Alison Sponsors Rhoda…

I was first introduced to the Nasio Trust, and the great work it does, back in 2005 through a friend who had just travelled to Kenya with a group of young people from Berinsfield in Oxfordshire. The group of youngsters had worked together through Exit 7, a youth project run by the Nasio Trust, and they travelled to Mumias to help with the building of the Noah’s Ark day care centre.

During their visit they met the first children that were originally cared for in the roadside kiosk and amongst them was Rhoda. John came back and told me about Rhoda and that’s where my journey with Nasio and my relationship with Rhoda began.

Door-to-door COVID-19 Education Campaign

Following a meeting with the County Level Ministry for Health, The Nasio Trust has been approached to lead a door-to-door campaign educating the local community about COVID-19. Nasio’s nurse and clinical officer will be training the local Government’s 340 Community Health volunteers and 16 Community Health Extension Workers, who along with our team of Peer […]

Nancy On BBC Radio Oxford

Nancy was very pleased to be invited to offer BBC Radio Oxford’s “Pause for thought” on April 20th 2020. She discusses the impact of Coronavirus in Kenya. For anyone that missed it – you can listen below (sound on!).

Volunteer Editors Needed For A Nasio Novel

Nancy has been working with experienced author and freelance writer Sylvia Vetta on a novel “Not so black & white”, inspired by the work of the Nasio Trust and our involvement with disadvantaged children in the UK and Western Kenya. The novel, set in London and Kenya, raises some serious issues as well as being […]

Easter in Kenya and the UK: the same, yet different

Easter is the most important date in the Christian calendar but this year, during this pandemic, Christians the world over will be celebrating Easter very differently. Everything is very different to normal (whatever ‘normal’ was).

In the UK, many of us, (though not all), have seen our church services move online sometimes with no hiatus at all. We’ve joined the masses who have adopted video meeting software. Thanks to reliable technology and Wi-Fi we have been able to continue to worship ‘together’ and even welcome others to our livestreamed services who couldn’t or wouldn’t have set foot in ‘traditional’ church.

Nasio Trust COVID-19 response: Update 1st April 2020

There are increasing numbers of cases of Covid-19 in both Kenya and Tanzania. As of 30th March there are 50 confirmed cases in Kenya and 19 in Tanzania and both countries have confirmed their first deaths as a result of the virus.

We're very pleased to say that our feeding programme for the most vulnerable children is up and running again too.

Tabitha & Jacob’s Story: A Trip Cut Short By COVID-19

Tabitha & Jacob have been on a Medical Volunteering trip with us, working at our medical centre.

They've been a joy to work with and have been involved in a wide range of activities; from helping with the birth of babies, to researching the Malaria vaccine that is offered for free to children in Kenya.

Further COVID-19 preparation updates from Nancy in Kenya

The official number of cases of COVID-19 in Kenya is now at 25.

Nancy, our CEO, is remaining in Kenya and continues to coordinate Nasio Trust’s response on the ground as the region tightens preparations.

Nasio Trust COVID-19 response: Update 21st March 2020

Nancy Hunt, our CEO, is currently in Kenya and coordinating Nasio’s response on the ground to the pandemic. The first cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Kenya and Nasio is taking proactive steps to prevent the spread of the virus and protect the health and wellbeing of the Mumias and Musanda communities.

Initially Nancy herself had to self-isolate as a precaution following Kenyan government instructions because she’d just arrived from the UK, a country which already had confirmed Coronavirus cases.

Thank you to GardPass Cyber for new Nasio laptop

The provision of a much-needed laptop computer for me as a new team member in Nasio’s Abingdon office couldn’t have come at a better time now that remote working becomes imperative in today’s challenging times.

We want to thank GardPass Cyber, whose co-founder, Neil Passingham is a Nasio Trustee, for their generous donation of a new laptop. This will mean that I can keep working wherever I am over the next critical weeks and months.