Our dedicated team are from the communities we work alongside and are very passionate about supporting young people to build a secure, rewarding future for themselves. Here’s our Senior Leadership Team, we’ll be adding our Board members and teachers soon!
mary mwangi
Operations director
Mary is the Operations Director for Raising Futures Kenya (the Kenyan registered NGO) and is a qualified accountant. Mary oversees all programmes, finance, operations and compliance for the NGO and is the Safeguarding Lead .
florence olwenge
seed of hope manager
Florence is a trained teacher and qualified counsellor, she oversees the management of our three Seed of Hope centres. Florence also supports our students with counselling, mentorship and personal guidance.
Seed of Hope Nairobi Team
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FINANCIAL LITERACY & COMPUTER TEACHER
MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANICS AND ELECTRICALS TEACHER
FASHION & FABRIC DESIGN
TEACHER
SECURITY GUARD AND GROUNDS PERSON
SECURITY GUARD AND OFFICE MESSENGER
SECURITY GUARD AND
COOK
Seed of Hope Kitui, Kangweni Team
CENTRE MANAGER & ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FINANCIAL LITERACY & COMPUTER TEACHER
CARPENTRY & JOINERY
TEACHER
HAIRDRESSING AND BEAUTY THERAPY TEACHER
FASHION AND FABRIC DESIGN TEACHER & CURRICULUM LEAD
SECURITY GUARD AND GROUNDS PERSON
SECURITY GUARD
SECURITY GUARD AND
COOK
Seed of Hope Kariti, Murang’a Team
CENTRE MANAGER & ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FINANCIAL LITERACY & COMPUTER TEACHER
CURRICULUM SUPERVISOR & CATERING & HOSPITALITY TEACHER
HAIRDRESSING AND BEAUTY THERAPY TEACHER
SECURITY GUARD AND
COOK
SECURITY GUARD AND GROUNDS PERSON
SECURITY GUARD
Raising Futures Kenya (NGO) Board of Governance
Faith is the chairperson of the Raising Futures Kenya board. She is an international travel consultant and the Managing Director at Comity Travel Limited. She has extensive experience in policy development and project management in a career spanning more than 20years.
Faith has been a member of the Raising Futures Kenya Board for 10 years and has greatly contributed to the development and success of the organisation.
Irene is an organisational development professional with over 16 years experience working in a culturally diverse context with international development organisations. She develops and delivers interventions and solutions to support behaviour change, embed desired organisational culture and systems for greater effectiveness. She is an ICF credentialed Coach (ACC) and a certified professional group and team coach.
She is also a Certified Trainer with extensive experience in facilitating participatory learning to build individual and team capacity.
Irene is the Vice-chairperson of the Raising Futures Kenya Board and has been a member of the board since 2019. She oversees policy and team development for the staff and board members.
Katherine is a Financial consultant with extensive work experience in the Banking Sector. Her areas of expertise and interests include Strategic Planning, Project Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Systems Engineering for Business Development. She has been a board member at Raising Futures Kenya and Seed of Hope for 8years and has worked with our team extensively to realise the goals of the organisation.
Lillian is an industrious, results oriented professional with comprehensive experience in grants/projects management and administration. She has experience in facilitating the implementation of projects throughout their life-cycle including all phases from proposal development, through pre approval, approval, commitment, monitoring & evaluation, reporting (technical & financial) and closure. Lillian has been a member of the Raising Futures Kenya Board since 2019.
Edwin is a Finance, Research, Business Planning and Access to finance specialist with over 15 years of experience in employment, consulting, and training. He is a former banker and Lecturer in several universities in Kenya and currently works as an SME business Planning and Development Consultant. He is also a Certified Professional Mediator with experience in resolving workplace conflicts.
Edwin is the treasurer of Raising Futures Kenya board leading in budgetary and finance control and has been a board member since 2015.
Kevin is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and Holds a Bachelor of Law Degree (LLB) from Moi University. Kevin currently practices Law in Nairobi Kenya with an interest in Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial law, contracts law, Tax Law and Conveyancing. He is instrumental in offering volunteer legal services and advice to the Board and Raising Futures Kenya.