Sandie Stirgess is our Australian Office Manager. She loves everything about Mission in Action and does all of our administration for us. She founded our community project which empowers women called One Tribe Mama’s Project in 2017. Feel free to email her if you have any questions regarding our work in Kenya.

Email: info@missioninaction.com.au

Carly Bush is our volunteer coordinator. Carly has been to Kenya many times and knows our project well. She is happy to answer any questions you may have if you are intending to visit us. Please don’t hesitate to email her if you have any questions or would like to start the process!

Email: volunteer@missioninaction.com.au

Vicki Chapman runs our One Tribe Mamas shop. When you receive your tote bag, apron or gift cards beautifully packed this is thanks to Vicki. 
Put simply, One Tribe Mamas wouldn’t be here without her. The money that we make selling our products finances the project. Vicki volunteers her time and does so much running around for us, and we appreciate her so much.

Our Children:

In every country of the world there are children who live without their parents. The reasons are as complex and as varied as life itself. It’s the same in Kenya. The numbers are magnified in places like Kenya, as there are no welfare systems in place, to protect healthy families that are just too poor to look after their children.

Mission in Action Kenya has never accepted a child for reasons of poverty. That is the simplest of problems to fix.

Our Children come to us for a variety of reasons.

Infant Abandonment:
Many of our children have been abandoned as infants for unknown reasons. From family pressure, teen pregnancy, to poverty, no welfare support, mental illness. A newborn baby cannot tell a story. They cannot tell you about their Mother and the struggles she has had. They cannot tell you why she thought her only or best option was to abandon her baby: in a pit latrine, in a plastic bag and thrown on a fire, on a stranger's doorstep, in a paddock on the morning of his birth - naked. These are actual stories of our babies. These stories inspired us to start our community project One Tribe Mamas – which gives vulnerable Mamas a better option.

Older Child Relinquishment:
Some of our older children have come to us after suffering years of abuse at the hands of their parents. Some still bear the physical and emotional scars. These children will often know of extended family members. Our social worker works on re-integrating these children with an extended family member like a grandparent, aunt, or older sibling. This is not a quick process as we need to know our children are going to be safe and well looked after. We try to be as supportive as we can in this process. Assessing the needs of the family. Working therapeutically via the social worker over many months and sometimes years. Ensuring the child continues their education. Supporting the family with small business training and start up if necessary.

Foster Care Program – Mia Mini House.
We also have a foster care program. Our children stay in small family homes within our community with foster parents. We take these placements very seriously and will never rush this process. These foster parents must commit to the child for the long term, as we do not want multiple placements for any of our children. Our foster parents receive training, an allowance, and also free housing. We give them respite time and are very supportive of them. Our foster parents are doing the most important job in the world – raising our precious children and we want them to know their value.