My good friends Nicole and Doug Scott recently left their jobs in Chicago, joined the staff of Nuru International and moved to Africa! Whoa.

Nuru International’s mission is to eliminate extreme poverty by creating sustainable, measurable solutions that result in significant, lasting change.

Nicole is a water resources engineer and is now in charge of Nuru’s water/sanitation program. She’s helping extremely poor communities get access to clean drinking water.

Don’t miss Nicole’s blog — she’s blogging about her work with Nuru and her new life in rural Kenya. She’s a great writer, and her blog posts are funny, raw, touching, fascinating and inspiring.

For even more info about Nuru International (by the way, “Nuru” means “light”), check out Nuru’s Facebook page, Nuru’s photos, and watch a video of Jake Harriman talking about why he founded Nuru and what Nuru is all about.

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