Hope House Kenya :: About Us

JIM KIMOTHO is the ADMINISTRATOR of the mission and divides his time between Hope House and the other projects of AGM. He has worked for AGM for 13 years and is hardworking and faithful man..

ROSALINE KNOBBS is a retired nurse from Perth Australia, who came to Kenya specifically at the request of Pastors Glen and Rob Bruce, to help them start Hope House in 2002. She managed the home for 10 months until Susan Mooring came to relieve her in Jan 2003 of that role. Rosaline now is the Marketing Manager for the home, and supports Susan Mooring in her role. She is a volunteer and is supported from Australia.

SUSAN MOORING is a Registered nurse from the USA who came to relieve Rosaline in January 2003 as nurse and manager of the babies and remains in that role. She is a dedicated lady who has adopted Antony, a 5 year old Kenyan boy with cerebral palsy, whom she took to the USA last year (2007) to meet his new family. Susan is a volunteer who is supported financially from the USA.

MARGARET NJUGUNA was employed as the Accountant in May 2006 after volunteering for several months in helping Jim Kimotho keep the financial records.
She proved to be such a valuable asset in relieving Jim of this duty in such an efficient way, we realized the need to employ her. She also doubles as the office receptionist.

LIZZIE MBOGO is our Social Worker who deals with all the families, documentation and liaisons with Children’s Depts relating to adoption of the babies. All those people interested in adoptions to contact her. Email lmmbogo@yahoo.com

LAIZER SHIAYUKAH was the first volunteer to help us care for the babies in 2002. It wasn’t too long before she was employed as Volunteer coordinator and 4 years later, she still has that role as well as relieving and assisting Susan Mooring. She also takes care of the stores and donations which we receive. For anyone interested in volunteering, contact Laizer Shiayukah at; shiabby@gmail.com or l_shiayukah@yahoo.com (letter el not number one)

Hope House (the Home) was started in April 2002 by Pastors Glen and Rob Bruce of African Growth Ministries (A Christian Mission). It is registered as a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) and is also licensed by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The Home opened with two babies and has since grown to care for up to 23 babies at any one time. We accept babies aged between one day to six months. They are brought in mostly from hospitals and clinics and we care for them until they are either adopted or attain the age of three years. Once they attain the age of three before they are adopted, we graduate them to a carefully vetted home that cares for older children. Since the home was started, 250 babies have been adopted by mostly Kenyan families.

The Home receives no funding from the Government and relies completely on the generosity of people from Kenya and overseas to provide the necessary funds and gifts needed to care for the babies and maintain the home.

Our Governance & Management

The founders of the home now only hold Founding Director position, they are now based in Australia and are not involved in the running of the Home. The Managing Director is a Kenyan, who has worked with the Mission for 15 years. A Board which consists of 8 members provides governance oversight. It meets every at least once a quarter or more frequently depending on need.

The Home is run by a team of qualified Missionaries and local staff as well as volunteers. The staff consists of the Home manager (American), Marketing manager (Australian), Social worker, Accountant, Registered nurses and support staff (all Kenyans).

Our Appeal

Since the Home was started in 2002, we have operated in three different locations. Our relocation has been necessitated because the landlords have wanted to use the premises for other purposes. This has inconvenienced us greatly and has also been disruptive for the babies. We are currently housed in rental premises where we are paying a rent of Ksh. 120,000/= (Approx. $1,328 US). In a bid to manage our overheads and maximize our resources on the babies, we would like to purchase our own property.

To purchase 1 Acre in a suitable area, will cost approximately 16,000,000 Kenyan shillings.
($213,000 U.S., $267,000 CAN, $246,000 AUD; 133,000 GBPounds and 178,000 Euro )

Once we purchase a property, we will then start raising funds to commence building a home for the babies.

We believe that by building a permanent home, the babies will thrive in an environment that is quiet with larger accommodation which will provide more space indoors and outdoors. This will also save us a lot of money in rent and thus avail more resources for the babies. We shall also be able to expand by taking in more babies.

For further information, please contact;
Rosaline Knobbs.
rknobbs24@rediffmail.com or
rosknobbs70@gmail.com

LUCY MWANGI is a Kenyan Registered nurse who started working part time in March and relieving Susan Mooring for 3 months, while Susan was in the USA.

CHRISTINE NJERU is a Kenyan Registered nurse who works night duty in caring for the babies. She has been recently employed and is a great asset to Susan.