Samuel Makori is a pastor by training and is currently the president of the Seventh-day Adventist church, East Kenya Union Conference.

               Pastor Makori loves the youth and has gone on mission trips into the remotest part of the country of Kenya. It is during these mission expeditions that he met with young Maasai girls who were being initiated into adulthood to be married off. The girls ranged from age 9-11. This touched him so much that he thought of a rescue plan for these girls. He used his family money and some help from some friends and took these girls to a boarding school. Two of the girls are in form three (third year in high school) and the other two are joining form one next year (year one in high school) school. With the help of Mr. Sam Vonumu, he has been able to put fifty needy children in school, some in elementary school and others in high school. He desires to expand this humanitarian work to over a thousand children. This is what he wants to do even in his retirement years. He is very passionate about this work.

Mr. Misian is a family man with children. He is an architect by training and he is a university lecturer at a public university. He also sits on another welfare committee dealing with a children’s home, which provides habitation these vulnerable children. He brings to the committee a rich experience of dealing with the disadvantaged.

Mr. Zablon Mabea is a land economist by training and has worked in various offices and levels in the ministry of land. The highest position he held was that of the Commissioner of land in the republic of Kenya. He has a wealthy of experience in registration of societies and compliance issues. He brings with him  the legal angle into the trust. He is the one who oversaw the registration of the trust in the shortest period.Mr. Mabea has now retired and wishes to spend his retirement time in such humanitarian matters

 

Mrs. Alice Kemuma has a huge passion for the youth and wants to see them succeed in life. She has sacrificed her limited personal money to uplift disadvantaged children and youth.  She is a trained secretary and now works as an administrative secretary.  She has offered to do all secretarial work and much of the communication between the uplift a child International and Uplift a Child International, Kenya Chapter.

Mrs. Gladys Kerubo is a trained high school teacher and currently teaching at an urban high school. Mrs. Gladys Kerubo brings into the trust the teaching skills, which can be used to educate the parents and the community, the importance of giving the youth a pleasant future. She is also able to guide these youngsters in their pursuit of their education.