Mbaruk is an area 15km from Nakuru in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya. Its population expanded significantly in 1992 following the ethnic clashes in the Molo area.

NECT TIMELINE:

2011

• We are pleased to welcome two new trustees onto the board: Alison Mccants and Becky Gunn. Read all about them on the trustees page.
• Students from an FE college held a fundraising event to support the goat project. Details here.
• On October 29th the Pinner Free Church held a coffee morning to raise money for NECT. They made £35 - many thanks to all involved.
  

2010

• Sponsored cycle ride by trustee member Liz raised £629.46!

 

2009

• NECT chose the goat-breeding project as a focus for fundraising.
• Two more students from Cambridge SIFE met with Nairobi SIFE and visited Mbaruk.

2008

• Two  students from Cambridge SIFE met with students from Nairobi SIFE and ran workshops in Mbaruk for the 'Good Hope Self-Help Group', a co-operative of 23 young entrepreneurs who are developing a range of business opportunities, including a goat dairy business, using a micro-credit scheme approach. The aim is to increase food security in the area.

2007

• Workcamp by four international students from Anglia Ruskin University. They took part in activities such as repair and decoration of Mbaruk Field Studies Centre.
• Link made with Nairobi University students who belonged to SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) which helps communities to increase their economic potential.

2006

• Storytelling exchange trip by NECT members. Members exchanged stories from Ireland
  
• and Japan with Kenyan stories from Mbaruk residents of all ages.

2005

• Commonwealth Youth Exchange - three week visit by Brixton youth to Kenya
• Registration of NECT as a charity

 

2000 - 2001

 Mbaruk Ecology Centre facilitated:

• Participatory Rural Appraisal by Egerton University
• Solar cooker demonstration
• Bee-keeping group
• Workcamp by six American students