Nuru International CEO Jake Harriman

A former US marine, Jake Harriman has set up a non-for-profit company to end extreme poverty and help subsistence farmers in war-torn countries resist the call to fight with Isis and Boko Haram and others.

Jake Harriman talking with neighbourhood kids in Kenya (Nuru International)

Jake Harriman delivering remarks to Presidents Clinton and Bush at the 2015 Presidential Leadership Scholars graduation ceremony in Dallas

Jake Harriman in the field with tall maize

Jake Harriman says that an African woman who possesses the same skill set and knowledge as he does, is far more capable of ending extreme poverty in her country than he could be.

Jake Harriman with the late Nuru Kenya Country director, Philip Mohochi

Jake Harriman listens to the late Philip Mohochi, as they partner together to build Nuru Kenya (Nuru International)

Jake Harriman talking with Agriculture Program Field Manager James Magaigwa Chacha in Kenya (Nuru International)

Jake Harriman walking to work to meet farmers in Kuria West District Kenya (Nuru International)

Jake Harriman, US Marine Corps Platoon Commander, just after a reconnaissance and surveillance mission in Iraq

Jake Harriman, US Marine Corps Platoon Commander, with his men

Jake Harriman with the Nuru Kenya Agriculture Program Managers

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