Our Staff

Our team of amazing care givers do a remarkable job of looking after our precious children. Without them Hope House Babies Home would not be able to function. Meet our awesome staff:

Our Management Team

Jim Kimotho
Managing Director

Jim Kimotho is the Managing Director of African Growth Ministries and divides his time between Hope House and the other projects of AGM. He has worked for AGM for 31 years. He is married and has 6 daughters.

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Rosaline Knobbs
Marketing Manager

Rosaline Knobbs is a retired nurse from Perth Australia. She started at Hope House in 2002. Initially she managed the home and now is the Marketing Manager for the home. She is a volunteer and is supported from Australia.

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Duncan Gatere
Marketing & From Pavement to Prosperity Manager

Duncan is the manager of the ‘From Pavement to Prosperity’ project and marketing for Hope House. He is married with 2 daughters.

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Margaret Njuguna
Accountant

Margaret Njuguna was employed as the Accountant in May 2006. She also doubles as the office receptionist. She is the single mother of one adult daughter.

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Nancy Wanjiku
Home Manager

Nancy looks after the home management and is a trained Social Worker. She also looks after our adopt-a-cot program. She is a single mother of one son.

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Laizer Shiayuka
Home Manger

Laizer is our home manager. She is a single mother of 2 sons.

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Janet Mutile
Assistant House Manager

Janet is our after hours and weekends house manager. She is married with 4 children.

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Phillis Kamau
Social Worker

Phyllis is our social worker. She is married with one baby.

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Carol Loko
Social Worker
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Our Child Care Team

Alice Kimani
Carer

Alice is a night duty child carer. She is a single mother of 3 children.

Elizabeth Gichuki
Nurse

Elizabeth is a night duty nurse. She is widowed with 3 children.

Harriet Mbere
Carer

Harriet is a child carer. She is married with one child.

Linet Egehista
Carer

Linet is a night duty child carer. She is married and a mother of 2.

Sarah Wanjiku
Carer

Sarah is a child carer. She is married with 2 children and also cares for 2 of her orphaned brother’s children.

Violet Mwanza
Carer

Violet is a night duty child carer. She is married with 4 children.

Claire Kavulani
Montessori teacher
Carolyn Mwanji
Part-time day nurse
Virginia Maina
Carer

Virginia is widowed with 2 children and 4 grandchildren.

Ruth Murugi Ngugi
Carer

Ruth is married with 4 children and 5 grandchildren.

Our Support, Facilities & Security Team

Benson Mutwota
Security
Pastor Benson is our chef and pastor of the mission’s church. He is married with 5 adult children.
Charles Mboya
Security
Charles looks after our security and is also our back-up driver.
Moses Oyolla
Security
Moses looks after our night security. He also assists in home with preparing meals.
Nicolas Samo
Security
Nicolas is our day security guard. He is married with 3 children.
Njeri Thairu
Laundress & Purchaser

Njeri is our laundress and purchaser. She is widowed with 3 children.

Ivene Anyango
Laundress
Rhoda Injete
Chef
Rhoda is a chef and on occasion a child carer. She is a single mother of two teenage girls.
Urban Mulaku
Driver & Maintenance
Urban is our driver and maintenance man. He is married with 3 children.