TEAM KENYA

Our Kenyan team are all dedicated proffesionals with a passion to reach out and empower the young lives and the impoverished in their beautiful country. Kenya is an oasis of beautiful scenery, of nature in harmony with life, of wild animals. It is the destination of holiday makers wishing to experience the thrill of a safari holiday or who simply want to chill out on the white sandy beaches of its shores. A different reality rests behind the tourist face of Kenya, that of high poverity, of children living on streets, sniffing glue to numb the hunger and pain of life. There is so much beauty in Kenya but there is also so much poverty in Kenya and we believe it takes a lot of HOPE and Compassion to balance the two..somehow.

"Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children" ~  H.R.H. Princess Diana

KENYA GOVERNING BOARD

Rajesh Rughani, Chairman of Kenya Divinity Foundation

Rajesh Rughani is a well known personality in the Kenyan Business circle being part of the Text Book Centre and Sarit Centre empire and running Simpsons Properties Investments. Rajesh has a keen interest in documenting and preserving kenyan history and planting seeds of hope, spirituality and compassion in all he meets. He is a keen supporter of empowering young lives through education and compassion. As Chairman of Divinity Foundation he networks with local business, handles negotiations and key decisions of the foundation.

Nav Matharu, Secretary of Kenya Divinity Foundation

Nav holds position as the foundation's Kenya secretary on the board dealing with policy making and managing its operations in Kenya

 Catherine Soma, Treasurer of Kenya Divinity Foundation

Catherine is a chartered accountant with years of experience in handling finances. Her passion for helping children and mothers in need in Kenya drive her to ensure that the foundation manages all finances efficiently, enabling it to carry out its work serving the maximum amount of children and mothers it can. Catherine has been with the SOMA group as the Senior Accounting Manager and handles all issues to do with accounting, handling of trusts and financial contracts with other organisations and companies.

KENYA OFFICERS

As Kenya is the hub of our projects, we have in place key personnel to manage and steer the organisations operational work. Each person brings a unique quality and skill to the team.

Nav Matharu, Osteopath ~ Global Operations Director & Chief Executive Officer of Kenya Office

Nav is the founder & global operations director of Divinity Foundation and spends much of her time and energey on developing projects, leading expedition teams, speaking at international conferences, displaying the aray of ethnographic photos at art galleries and fundraising.

Lawrence Andiika, Kenya Projects and Security Manager

Lawrence has been working alongside Nav since 2005 in the NGO sector. In 2008 he took up the post of logistics and security manager for expedition teams. His energy, dedication and vigour for steering the work in positive directions coupled with supporting volunteers from abroad in Expedition work soon saw him in the post of Director of Africa. He manages projects, security, logistics and dialogue with communities.

Yusuf Losute, Co-ordinator for Pokot Projects

Yusuf has been a part of NGO work for many years and joined the Divinity team in 2008. He is passionate about advocating for the rights and needs of his community in east pokot and manages our work in the region. Organising Medical camps and providing support through the maternity care project to young mothers in need of emergency c-section deliveries. Yusuf and his community are ever welcoming and supportive of Divinity Foundation volunteers who venture into the arid pokot region of Kenya

 Office Staff Kenya

Administration is handled by Rahab Mwangi, Jean Muini and Joel Kalan who are dedicated to their role in supporting office operations. Our team is further supported by Leonard Ongaro our messenger and Monica Wachira in accounts. All of our office staff are also keen volunteers during weekend projects and camps.