Friends of Ngong Road

Providing education and support to Nairobi children living in poverty whose families are affected by HIV/AIDS.

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July 22, 2022 By Andy Walz Leave a Comment

Meet Carole, Our New Executive Director

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September 22, 2022

4:30-6 pm
Appetizers provided

Pryes Brewing Company
1401 W River Rd N
Minneapolis, MN 55411 (Map)


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September 22, 2021 By Andy Walz Leave a Comment

Join our worldwide community coming together.

It’s time again for our Annual Gathering. This year we are gathering virtually to review 2021 and celebrate accomplishments. More than just surviving, we are embracing resilience, as has been demonstrated by our whole community responding to recent challenges. Hear stories from and about students, alumni, and staff. Get an update on the progress of the new Elimu Hub. And, learn about insights we discovered when we surveyed our First 100 Alumni. 

Embracing Resilience is about responding to the ever-changing world we live in, focused on our mission to transform lives through education. We hope you will join us at one of our events!

RSVP – Thurs 11/4 – 6pm Central – via Zoom
RSVP – Tues 11/9 – 8am Central (5pm East Africa) – via Zoom

May 20, 2021 By Andy Walz Leave a Comment

Our students are back in school!

The Kenyan president has lifted the lockdown, allowing students to go back to school last week. COVID-19 cases in Kenya have been declining in recent weeks as a result of the lockdown measures that were implemented in March. Fortunately, there was no impact to the school schedule as there had been a planned break for all students during this time.

Kenya has had difficulty acquiring vaccines since they had been getting them from India. As you may know, India’s situation has become extremely dire and India has stopped exporting vaccines since they need them domestically. The Kenya government has placed an order for 30 million Johnson & Johnson doses to be delivered within a year to help the country of 53 million to reach herd immunity.

Recently, Kenya confirmed 15 cases of India’s COVID-19 variant. Kenya and India have a very close and direct relationship so Kenyans are at increased risk of contracting the Indian variant.

Students will finish the 2020 school year at the end of this term, have a very short week-long break, transition to the next grade level, and start their next “school year” in July.

Our students are very happy to be back in school. If you are a sponsor, reach out with a message of encouragement.

November 24, 2020 By Andy Walz Leave a Comment

Virtual Art Sale – on through Dec 15th

All proceeds of the Art Sale will go to support the mission of Friends of Ngong Road. Local art pick-up will be available at the following locations:

Edina, MN on December 16
St. Ansgar, IA on December 17
Chicago, IL on December 27

If you have any questions about your art purchase or pick up, please email us at info@ngongroad.org.

Thank you for your support!

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Brown Eyed Susans

May 3, 2018 By Andy Walz 1 Comment

Notes from Paula

Dear Friends,

By now you will have received an email from Amy Johnson updating you on the clean 2017 audit received by our sister organization in Kenya, Ngong Road Children’s Foundation. After discovering the theft of resources in the 2015 audit, we devoted considerable energy to reinvigorating financial controls and improving processes. I am very pleased Crowe Horwath has endorsed those efforts as having been effective by granting this clean audit.

I recently took an online course hosted by the Wharton School entitled “Corruption”. It has been proven that corruption can be significantly reduced by organizations through a combination of ethical leadership, active management/supervision, and appropriate risk management processes. We will continue to discuss other best practices that would fit our circumstances and help us remain vigilant about this risk.

Friends of Ngong Road completed our last strategic planning process in 2015 and we are working throughout 2018 to tackle important strategic questions to revisit that process. Our expectation is to have a three-year strategic plan completed by the end of 2018 for 2019 – 2021. Here are just a few of the issues we are tackling:

  • Karibu Loo has been profitable in the first four months of 2018 and is on target to provide $10,000 or more to Ngong Road Children’s Foundation this year, reducing funds we must raise in the U.S. to support the program. We are in discussion about how much and in what way Friends of Ngong Road should support Karibu Loo as it grows and becomes a contributor to the program’s funding needs.
  • Succession is on our minds. I have communicated to the board that I expect to move into an emeritus status during this 3-year planning horizon. We have to decide how we are going to make that transition which raises issues about board composition, staffing, etc. And, we have several long-tenure board members who will also be transitioning in the coming years. Finding their successors is a high priority.
  • Sponsor growth is another important topic to discuss. Our model for sponsor recruitment has been “friends and family”, however, we are all running out of friends. What model for sponsor recruitment will be effective in the future?
  • How much should we grow? If Karibu Loo can provide a significant contribution to the organization, and we have a healthy endowment fund, how much should we grow?

I look forward to sending you an update on our 2019 -2021 strategic plan at the end of the year.

In the meantime, we are excited to welcome Judy Nyaga to Minneapolis on May 14 and 15 and Kelvin Thuku in the first half of June. Judy is a board member in Kenya and Kelvin is the Program and Technology Coordinator. We will host gatherings and meetings during their time in the Twin Cities and hope you will have the opportunity to meet these people who do so much to support student success in Nairobi.

Thank you!

Paula Meyer
President and Founder
Friends of Ngong Road

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