Governance
Br Tom Kearney
Chair, Advisory Board
Br Tom Kearney
Chair, Advisory Board
Br Tom Kearney, an Australian Christian Brother, has lived in Africa since October, 1995. He has ministry experience as a community based counsellor, as a formator, a teacher, lecturer, and administrator at Tangaza College, and as the District Leader of the Christian Brothers in East Africa. His involvement in these ministries has made him aware of the personal issues and dynamics of the struggle through life and the various unjust social arrangements, which have kept people in their social situations. His working with these people, especially those at the margins, has created an awareness of the need to have a developed Spirituality which is able to take account of the realities of life – relationship to the world, to the people in the world, to God – and to be able to reconcile these with Christian beliefs. It also made him aware of the need to have well integrated leaders in ministry who would be able to work with their people to transform this society as the only way to address the undesirable inequalities among the people. Hence, his commitment to the work of Mirror of Hope.
Steve Brunskill
Vice Chair, Advisory Board
Steve Brunskill
Vice Chair, Advisory Board
Steve Brunskill has been facilitating youth leadership programs for the past 30 years in Australia, East Africa and South East Asia. During that time, he has found the work that we do at the Mirror Of Hope to be some of the most rewarding and enriching he has ever been involved in. So much so that he was honoured to be invited onto the Board of Management of Mirror of Hope in 2018.
It is with much pleasure that he supports Tommy Nyawir and the Mirror Of Hope team to continue the incredible work that they do with the families of Kibera slum in Nairoibi, Kenya.
Tommy Nyawir
Founder
Tommy Nyawir
Founder
After himself being provided a secondary school education through someone else’s generosity, Tommy developed the belief that education is the only way to eradicate poverty. Tommy founded Mirror of Hope in 2010, having played every role along the way in growing the organization to what it is today. Tommy’s current focus is generating sponsorships to fund Mirror of Hope’s scholarships and programs.
Judy Onyango
Co-founder Board Secretary
Judy Onyango
Co-founder Board Secretary
Judy is an Administration Officer at Christian Life Community with over 10 years of experience in planning, coordinating and executing tasks. Her work also involves Forming young people in all spheres of life.
Judy is a holder of a Masters Degree in Business Administration from The University of Nairobi, a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Ministry in Mission from Catholic University of Eastern Africa and a Diploma in Sustainable Human Development from Tangaza University.
Judy has a passion for helping the less fortunate in the society. She, together with her Husband, Tommy, founded Mirror of Hope. She has previously worked Full time at The Mirror of Hope as Program coordinator where she impacted greatly in the lives of the young people as well as the women she worked with. She currently sits in the MOH board as the secretary and utilizes her wealth of knowledge and experience in the social field to contribute greatly in the success of MOH.
When she is not working at Christian Life Community, Judy engages in mentoring young people both within Mirror of Hope and beyond, she trains young people in Life Skills as well as journeys with individuals and couples facing various challenges in life. She has been a great advocate of Restorative Justice and Peace building as a tool and mechanism for resolving conflicts between individuals, couples, friends, colleagues, in families and generally in the community.
Lucy Noella
Treasurer
Lucy Noella
Treasurer
Lucy has worked for 7 years as an accountant and administration officer in a Diocese in Torit, South Sudan. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and MBA degree, Finance. She is Currently pursuing her PHD, Finance at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). She is working as a part time lecturer at the JKUAT, lecturing at Kenya Institute of Management on business related courses. She is passionate about helping the needy in the society as well as making a difference in the lives of others.
Charles Kaminza
Legal Representative
Charles Kaminza
Legal Representative
Charles Zakayo Kaminza is an Advocate of the High court of Kenya and a founding partner of Mwendwa and Kaminza Advocates LLP. He has six (6) years post admission experience in legal practice.
Mr. Kaminza has a particular interest in socio-economic rights legal practice which focuses advocating for realization of individual and community social economic rights of health, food of acceptable quality and quantity, housing, clean and safe water, social security and education. His experiences in this area of legal practice have brought him to the profound realization that the achievement of the basic standards of living for all individuals is the foundation for a great society. This forms the basis of his commitment to work with Mirror of Hope which strives to help individuals and communities achieve their socio-economic rights through their various programmes.
Monique Djarn
Member
Monique Djarn
Member
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