Here you can read about our Children’s achievements and success stories, as well as finding out what it’s like to sponsor a Nasio child.
In a fantastic piece of news to kick off the new year, we’re excited and proud to tell you that Esther has graduated secondary education with the grades she needs to pursue a medical qualification at university. Education is the single most powerful weapon we have in the fight to break the cycle of poverty. […]
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It all started January 2013 when I bounced through the doors of my house (aged 15), turned to my Mum and said “I’m going to Kenya”. She looked at me and said “oh really”, I don’t think she quite knew how serious I was being, but I knew that year in October I would be […]
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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 […]
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The amazing Carly has given us permission to share her story! “I met Samwell at Noah’s Ark Day Centre. He joined the program the week before, I noticed straight away how withdrawn he seemed, quiet, not smiley like the others. I got to have a chat with his social worker to ask some background questions […]
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For many years we have transported gifts, packages and donations, via our volunteers, to Kenya. This has, up until this point, been unproblematic due to large luggage allowances on flights to Nairobi. However, Kenya Airways have recently changed their policy on luggage and now travellers are only allowed to carry one bag of 23kg. We […]
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Here at the Nasio Trust we are keeping a close eye on the government’s travel advice regards coronavirus (COVID-19): https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/kenya/health#coronavirus https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/tanzania/health#health-risks As of 10th March 2020 neither Kenya or Tanzania are on the list of countries for which the UK Government has given specific advice but of course this changes almost daily. We recommend anyone […]
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Jan was kind enough to share this touching story with us: I visited Kenya first in 2009 when I met a happy, giggly but shy little 3 year old called Sharon; she came to play with me every time we went to Noah’s Ark and, upon finding out she had no sponsor, I was pleased […]
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Our fundraising was fun – we held dinner nights at local restaurants, sold items at car boot sales as well as eBay and ran tombola stalls. We received the warm Kenyan welcome at the guest house and felt immediately at home. That day we had a tour of the compound and surrounding area including the […]
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It is a week since we returned home from the adventure that had been in the planning for 18 months. It is a week that has gone past in a bit of a blur, but I am beginning to feel like we’re coming back down to earth. I am still thinking about the trip a […]
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I had been a child sponsor for over a year before I was lucky enough to meet my sponsored child and her sister. At first, it was a very surreal moment as this little girl looked at me with these big eyes as if to say “who are you?” The social workers then introduced me, […]
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