[1][2] Nyanjura worked as a volunteer at the Justice & Reconciliation Project, a non-governmental organization that aims at rehabilitation war-ravaged communities in Northern Uganda, based in the city of Gulu.
[1] In 1996, at the age of 14 years, Nyanjura was one of the 139 girls abducted from St. Mary's College Aboke on 10 October 1996, by rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army.
The deputy headmistress of the college, Sister Rachele Fassera of Italy, pursued the rebels and successfully negotiated the release of 109 of the girls.
[1][2] In 2018, she was the recipient of the Navarra International Solidarity Award, organized by the Government of Navarre, Spain, and Laboral Kutxa, a Spanish credit union.
The award recognizes individuals, NGOs, and institutions whose work advances the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.