Nyanya Project

Click below to view the Nyanya Project Video: The Nyanya Project

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By Martha Williamson Paying homage to the grace of the grandmothers fighting for hope for their AIDS-orphaned grandchildren, the first annual Prayers in a Bowl Project will be held on October 7, 2010.   Mary Martin Niepold, founder of The Nyanya Project, is the featured speaker of the evening, which is sponsored by Forsyth Woman [...]

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“The Roots and the Light,” a Photographic Celebration of African Grandmothers and their AIDS-orphaned Grandchildren In America, particularly North Carolina, more and more people are hearing the story of millions of African grandmothers and their struggle to raise their grandchildren after losing their sons and daughters to AIDS.  African grandmothers, known as nyanyas, are the focus [...]

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Students in the second grade class of Ms. Katie Williams in the Belmont School outside of Boston recently reached out to African families. They raised almost 100 toothbrushes and tubes of toothpaste to send to Nyanya Project families in Kenya.  They are classmates of Hannah Pierce, youngest granddaughter of TNP Founder, who spoke at their [...]

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Founder Mary Martin Niepold was honored at Wake Forest University on April 15.  She received the 2009-2010 “Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award for a Faculty Venture” for her work with The Nyanya Project.  The award was presented by Dr. Betsy Gatewood, head of the Wake Forest University Center for Entrepreneurship, and Sydney Kitson, a Wake Forest [...]

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Click the link below to listen to the interview.  Denise Franklin of WFDD Radio 88.0 interviewed Mary Martin for her radio show Voices and Viewpoints. click here to listen

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Dear Foodie friends, I attended a professional woman’s meeting this week and the Speaker was the founder of the Nyanya project a project in Africa to take care of and teach skills to the Grandmothers of AIDS orphans. It really touched me and they need donations, please consider sharing the blog post. http://www.chowandchatter.com/2010/02/nyanya-project-and-peri-peri-mung-pilaf.html Rebecca

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Click here to see the magazine.  Article featured on page 8.

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Click here to see the article published January 28, 2010

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