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CNN Hero of the Year: Nelly Cheboi

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - An Augustana College graduate is being honored for her work in bringing technology to schools in her home country. Nelly Cheboi is from Kenya and came to the Quad Cities to ...
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Nelly Cheboi: Poverty is bad, it affects the mindset

Nelly Cheboi 29, from Mogotio in Baringo County, is the CNN Hero of the Year award winner. Cheboi was nominated in November, among 10 other nominees to contest the CNN hero of 2022. Other nominees ...
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Nelly Cheboi: Kenyan techpreneur named CNN Hero of 2022

Kenya's Nelly Cheboi has won this year's CNN Hero of the Year, an award that recognizes individuals who have an impact on society. In 2019, Cheboi quit a lucrative software engineering job in Chicago ...
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Nelly Cheboi, who creates computer labs for Kenyan schoolchildren, is CNN’s Hero of the Year

Online voters selected her from among this year’s Top 10 CNN Heroes. Cheboi’s nonprofit, TechLit Africa, has provided thousands of students across rural Kenya with access to donated, upcycled ...
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Former Augustana College president and wife create Nelly Cheboi scholarship

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - Former Augustana College President Steve Bahls and his wife Jane Bahls have announced the creation of a scholarship as a gift to international students with demonstrated ...
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New Augustana scholarship honors alum, CNN Hero of the Year Nelly Cheboi

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Former Augustana College President Steve Bahls and his wife Jane have committed $50,000 to establish a scholarship for international students named for a Quad Cities hero. The ...
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Nelly Cheboi, who creates computer labs for Kenyan schoolchildren, is CNN’s Hero of the Year

Nelly Cheboi, who in 2019 quit a lucrative software engineering job in Chicago to create computer labs for Kenyan schoolchildren, is the 2022 CNN Hero of the Year. Online voters selected her from ...