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News Jul 29, 2015

Our Graduates are Getting Jobs!

When we launched Friends of Ngong Road in 2006, we said our mission is “to provide education and...

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KLL Jul 29, 2015

Meet Michael Switzer – our Volunteer General Manager at Karibu Loo

We are very fortunate to have Michael Switzer helping us develop Karibu Loo.  Michael has done a great...

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Camp Jul 29, 2015

Letter From Nairobi – 2015 camps

Dear Friends, This has been a busy time here in Nairobi at Ngong Road Children’s Foundation and camps...

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News Jul 29, 2015

Turner Cobden Joins Board

Turner and his wife Emily first got involved with Friends of Ngong Road when they became sponsors in...

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News Jul 29, 2015

Ngong Road Roast coffee returns!

We have had many requests for Friends of Ngong Road Kenya coffee and will be offering it for...

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News Feb 20, 2015

Executive Volunteers Bring Professional Moxie to Nonprofits

Back in 2006, when she was 52 years old, financial services executive Paula Meyer read a book that...

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News Jan 28, 2015

2015 Winter Letter from Paula

As I write this note, I am just about to leave for my 14th trip to Kenya since...

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News Jan 28, 2015

Our KCPE Scores Are High!

Each year, students finishing 8th grade in Kenya take the Kenya Comprehensive Primary Exam (KCPE), a nationwide exam...

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News Jan 28, 2015

Post-Secondary Program Finalized


In 2014, our program had 37 students finish high school.  They all took Kenya Comprehensive Secondary Exams (KCSE)...

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News Jan 28, 2015

Students Sponsored by Our Program Outperform Kenyan Averages

We continue to measure the performance of the children in our program.  The Kenyan education system is focused...

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News Jan 28, 2015

2014 Annual Appeal Campaign Raised Over $110,000

The results are in and they are truly spectacular! In addition to the $40,000 Truscott grant, we raised...

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News Jan 28, 2015

Meet Joy Obiya, Our New Post-Secondary Department Leader

Joy Obiya is a post-secondary case worker at NRCF. She joined the organization in November 2014. Her work...

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