Casey Harrison is director for livelihoods and agribusiness with Nuru International, a small NGO that offers locally led training and support in agriculture, household savings, health care, and education in rural areas.
Currently based in Costa Rica, his day can start as early as 5 a.m. to accommodate calls with partners and collaborators in Europe and with local NGO teams in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Nigeria. As a director, he then spends a lot of time on internal strategic calls to ensure alignment and management of the organization’s compliance, operations, thought leadership, and quality assurance.
What’s left of the day is dedicated to external thought leadership through webinars and panels, and keeping up with developments in the sector. On the programmatic side, he coaches the local staff managing projects on the ground and learns from their expertise to be able to translate lessons and successes to the other contexts where Nuru works.