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Improvements in general hygiene: a positive side to Covid-19?

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, to help combat the spread of the virus, The Nasio Trust has focused on making handwashing more accessible to over 45,000 people living in the Mumias West area in rural Kenya.

The Nasio Trust have worked with the Kenyan Ministry of Health to set up over 150 handwashing ‘Tippy Tap’ stations, a hands-free way to wash your hands. They have also donated 150 hand washing containers to regional farmers and a further 250 hand washing containers to families and flood centres.

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Esme’s Poem Inspired By Her Visit

It has since been published to critical acclaim and compared to the work of WH Auden.

Esme Thomas (17) was inspired to write a wonderful poem after visiting our projects in Kenya.

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Japheth’s Journey

I am Musindalo Japheth. A total orphan and of the Nasio Trust Beneficiaries. I joined the Nasio Trust organization in the year 2009.

This was after the death of my mother and my brother which occurred the same year. The two incidences were indeed a big blow to my entire life. They left me not only hopeless but also homeless after a place I used to call a home was demolished.

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Meet Emmanuel The Fish Farmer

Emmanuel is one of our new Peer Educators who is also a fish farmer!

Emmanuel Okumu Odongo is 20 years old and a third year student in Fisheries and Aqua Culture Science at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.

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Schools are closed in Kenya for the rest of 2020!

The risks of keeping schools closed far outweigh the benefits especially for our children and their families from poor communities.

Children out of school are more likely to suffer abuse, early teenage pregnancies, malnutrition and poor mental health. Many girls will be married off or urged to give up their studies and start work to support the family. With the school closure girls are most at risk.

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International Teachers Supporting Kenyan Teaching Team During Lockdown

In different parts of the world right now, we are all learning to be a little more resilient with ourselves and especially with everyone around us.

Personally, I was looking forward to joining our Nasio school teachers in Kenya in March to deliver our second Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) program, but due to Covid-19, it had to be postponed. Postponed till the day I got a message from Ian Mbati, our Nasio schools head teacher, humbly asking “how can we develop our teachers during the quarantine?” At that moment I realized that our ECDE program must not be postponed, instead it should be reinvented.

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Nancy Discussing COVID-19 On BBC Radio Oxford

Last week Nancy was interviewed over the airwaves from Kenya about Nasio’s ongoing COVI-19 relief effort.

If you missed the interview (which unfortunately was subject to some patchy network quality) you can listen again here.

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Conor & Bryn Complete 31 Half-Marathons in 31 Days

Conor and Bryn have completed a truly incredible undertaking.

At the start of May they both set out to complete an incredible 31 half-marathons. That's one every singe day throughout the month. They also set the ambitious goal of completing every one in under 2 hours.

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A New House For Sheila & Leila

Amidst great hardship we often hear tales of wonderful kindness, and of communities pulling together to help those in need.

Sheila (aged 8) & Leila (aged 7) are both beneficiaries of the Nasio Trust. Their home was built on clay soil and the recent floods had destabilised it to the point where it was dangerous to enter.

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Displaced By A Flood With New Born Twins

Regular supporters may be aware of the recent flooding affecting the areas of western Kenya where Nasio operates.

One of the people affected by the flooding is Margret Mukabana. Margret gave birth to twins on the 2nd May by caesarian section at St. Mary's Hospital. Shortly afterwards, Margaret’s home and all of her possessions had been washed away.

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