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NECT

seeks to support young people in Kenya and the UK to better understand our physical environment and how to sustain it, and to learn more about each other and our social and cultural environments. 

NECT is

  • Nakuru Environmental and Cultural Trust 
  • a registered UK charity from 2005 (1110361)
View across the Nairobi-Kisumu railway line in Mbaruk

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NECT works in Mbaruk, Kenya with the young people of Mbaruk and their community. 

Mbaruk is 15km east of Nakuru, in the Rift Valley. An area whose population expanded significantly following the 1992 and 2007 ethnic clashes, when many internally displaced people were settled there; it is now transitioning from semi-rural to peri urban as Nakuru continues to expand.

NECT 2023 Mbaruk themes

NECT’s Strategic Focus in Mbaruk from 2023 chosen with young people in Mbaruk to express a shared vision to work towards development and empowerment in the community: microcredit, sustainability, arts & culture.

NECT has partnered with Mbaruk Field Studies Centre in Kenya.

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This NECT initiated project engages Kenya's youth, in Kenya and the UK, with the wealth of Kenya's cultural heritage, seeking to build pride in tribal and national heritage.

Visit: www.ken100.org Mbaruk Art House & the home of Kenya's Story in 100 Objects.

What can you do?

Get in touch to talk about how you can be involved and support NECT to make an impact.

Email us: nectecology@yahoo.co.uk

Currently seeking new trustees to join the team:

  • Are you willing to give a small charity the benefit of your experience, knowledge and skills gained during your working career?
  • Are you wanting to gain experience of the charity sector?
  • Do you have an interest in development work, Global South issues including environmental, cultural and food security?
  • Do you want to make an impact working with, not for, communities?