Nyanya Project

The article below is about the Duduza Doll Project that was initiated by Bett Hargrave, a longtime supporter of The Nyanya Project and member of Grace Episcopal Church in Lexington, N.C.  Bett and her two daughters came to Kenya with TNP in the summer of 2009 and volunteered at our preschool. Since their return, Grace [...]

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In Kibera, known as Africa’s largest slum, life is hard. Concrete squares, barely 12 wide, are called home, and electricity, running water and toilets don’t exist. Nearly 2 million residents jam its steep hillsides, a place where every decision centers on survival. Located in the heart of Nairobi, Kibera is where we trained our first [...]

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Through friends in America, TNP’s founder was introduced to Kenya’s Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development this past summer.  Dr. James Nyikal is a pediatrician who was appointed Permanent Secretary in 2008 and today directs a ministry that promotes gender equality and social development for a population of nearly 40 [...]

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Eugene Nyagahene is most likely the leading entrepreneur in Rwanda.  He is founder of that country’s Tele10 Group, and his conglomerate of various businesses stretch from East Africa to Asia.  He began developing his businesses in Rwanda shortly after the Genocide in 1994, and today his offices are in his own skyscraper in the country’s [...]

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“Fish for Sex” was written by Mary Martin Niepold, Founder of The Nyanya Project, to bring attention to the alarming AIDS rate in western Kenya where the city of Kisumu and small towns border Lake Victoria. Here, the AIDS rate is around 48%, and poverty and gender bias drive much of the crisis because of [...]

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On First Glance By Linda Faltin Linda Faltin is a minister and volunteer with The Nyanya Project. She returns with us to Kenya and Rwanda this summer for the second time. She will reunite with Emmanuel and we are sure, return home with more stories and amazing linkages. On first glance, they couldn’t be more [...]

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Maddie Brandenburger (Wake Forest ’11) has given her heart and experience with nonprofits to The Nyanya Project as an intern for the last two years.  Last summer, Maddie worked with us in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda for two months. Inspired to create her own means of helping in Africa, Maddie just launched The Snap Project. [...]

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Click below to read the article about how female students at Wake Forest help our grandmotheres: http://www.hercampus.com/school/wakeforest/her-impact-nyanya-say-what

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click below to read the article about our Grandmother’s in Tanzania: http://thecitizen.co.tz/sunday-citizen/-/8382-how-i-realised-my-life-long-dream

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Helping grandparents help Nairobi’s AIDS orphans

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