Founder: Fr. Francis Kabiru.
Father Francis is a Catholic Priest with a great passion for Education and Community Empowerment of young people and women, especially in poor urban and rural areas like where he grew up in Kenya. He has a background in Philosophy and religious Studies training and holds an M.A in Divinity from St. Thomas University and an M.A. in Philanthropy and Development from St. Mary University both in Minnesota. He has certification as a Spiritual Director and serves as a pastor in Duluth MN.
Message from the Managing Director: Mrs. Lucy Njoroge.
Every child is like a seed that has the potential to grow if nourished with love & care under the right guidance. Childhood is the best time to lay the right foundation of the vital values essential for the overall development of the future citizens of tomorrow.
St Francis Moto Hope Academy is a friendly setting where every pupil is understood, valued, and nurtured. Our pupils are provided with essential state-of-the-art facilities that ensure holistic education and upbringing. We are a center of academic excellence and we shine in all other extra-curricular activities. We are founded on strong Christian values and instill discipline and good morals in our children throughout their growth and development. I congratulate the students who have accepted to be shaped & molded at our academy. I entrust the almighty to shower his blessings in plenty upon the staff and students at the school in all of their efforts to better the lives of our children.
Message from the Head Teacher: Mr. Dominic Nyabuto Ong'angi.
I am very proud to be the headteacher of such a wonderful institution. My years of teaching experience in a number of Nakuru-based schools where I served as the Deputy head and later Head Teacher, have given me the much-needed experience and know-how to be at the helm of Moto Hope Academy.
I am passionate about English and Social Studies, the subjects which I teach, and do my best to ensure learners enjoy, understand, and maintain a positive attitude towards them. My integral role remains to ensure the outstanding academic performance of each student.
At the Academy, we have developed a focused governing body and excellent teaching team to provide high-quality and safe education for all the pupils in our care. Enrollment has seen consistent growth at a rapid pace and there have been more positive changes for the better in all aspects of the school life we provide for our children. We sufficiently prepare our learners for life after school as good citizens able to positively impact and contribute to the betterment of society. We are proud of our alumni's achievements and progress so far in their various high schools, colleges, and life. We still follow up and mentor them just as we mentor our current pupils to be great people.
The heart of our school is in our mission; to provide a quality education that meets the spiritual, academic, physical, social, and economic needs of learners and enables them to attain their full academic potential. We endeavor to make all our pupils safe and happy, inspired and nurtured towards excellence. We relentlessly work on building a high-power support system for our children’s lifelong skills of reciprocity (working together), resilience (never giving up) resourcefulness (taking charge of their own lives).
We reach out, we empower!
Deputy Head, Spiritual Direction & Counselling: Mr. Boniface Gitau.
Mr. Boniface Gitau the deputy head-teacher, offers a great deal of his experience, knowledge, and expertise to our young learners and the staff as well. He has been a teacher for the last forty years and a school set-up is where he is most at home. Before joining the Center, he served as a headteacher under Kenya's Teachers' Service Commission(TSC). He has also tutored at the Teacher Advisory Center and served as an inspector of schools. He has recorded excellent performance in all his previous and current engagements.
He is a staunch practicing Catholic with dedicated devotion to guiding others to Christ. At St. Francis, he offers spiritual direction and pastoral care for the children. He invites priests to school to celebrate mass for the children as well as accompany the children to church every week. He also heads the Guidance and Counselling Department and fosters both the spiritual and emotional development of our young learners. In addition, he teaches them Mathematics and Religious Studies. Mr. Gitau has managed to break the stereotype and encouraged girls to love Math and compete with the boys! He is a passionate teacher and dedicated guide to our children!
School Health/Dispensary: Mr. Isaac Maigua.
Mr. Isaac ensures the smooth running of St. Francis Moto Hope Dispensary; helping our children as well as the community that our clinic serves. He desired to be a medical practitioner since he was a little boy and is all too glad to be living his dream and serving with all his heart. Restoring health by treatment and God's help is his biggest motivation and he has won the hearts of his little patients at school who diligently follow prescriptions and instructions.
Isaac together with our medical staff adequately attends to any child who falls sick at school or goes to school sick. He assists the school nurse in administering and supervising medication of students who require regular medication during school hours and oversees the safe storage of their medication at the clinic’s storage facilities. He stores all medicine in a locked cabinet, available for use to students under the supervision of the school nurse.
Isaac has laid out strict procedures that ensure competency and the highest levels of proficiency and professionalism while dealing with students who fall ill. Students are required to report to the teacher in class if they feel unwell during a lesson, or the matron if in the hostels, and the teacher on duty if outside class. They are then issued a pass to permit them to seek medical attention at the clinic. The clinic offers all clinical and laboratory services for emergency and preventive care. Besides treating the sick, he also offers career guidance and assists the guiding and counselling department whenever his input is needed.
Mentorship & Communications: Ms. Verarita Nasubo Wananyanga.
Verarita the communications supervisor at Moto Hope Mission-Kenya is very passionate about guiding, positively influencing, and mentoring children and young people. She has four years of teaching experience at St. Joseph Seminary-Molo (English Language, Literature & Business Studies)and is an affiliate of Writers Guild Kenya. She is also a content creator, editor, and avid reader. She believes in the beauty and power of books to not only entertain but teach, expose, and influence.
Reading and writing are what give her the most pleasure and she purposes to make our children enjoy the two as much as she does and learn immensely while at it. A student she guided while teaching at the Seminary won both the 2016 and 2017 East African Essay Writing Competitions. At our center, Verarita is the animator of both Mentorship and Befriender-Pal (with our USA friends) programs. She chaperones the "Once upon a time..'-with Verarita program. Where learners compete to read as many books as possible every month and exhaustively discuss them with their colleagues at Public Speaking Competitions held at the Academy.
She also supervises weekend silent reading also known as "Read with Us" as well as Creative Writing; "Short story hours" for the Academy. Readers are leaders she believes and is out to raise a reading generation! Verarita organizes the monthly mentorship sessions as well as the school holiday mentorship camp at the center. The mentors she invites offer our learners knowledge and skills through professional socialization and personal support which broaden their chances for success. Verarita also helps to organize our termly environmental conservation venture: adopt a tree!
Bursar: Mr. Jeremiah Gatheca Ng'ang'a.
Jeremiah is the dedicated bursar of our school and center and readily offers his input wherever he is needed. He is very flexible in the discharge of his duties applying perfect skills and experiences for the successful completion of all his tasks. Jeremiah is a graduate of Meru University of Science and Technology and a holder of a Bachelors degree in Actuarial Science.
His wealth of experience emanates from working in various financial institutions among them APA Insurance Company, Kenya, and Faulu Microfinance Bank. Jeremiah has risen through the ranks at our center for his diligence, hard work, and commitment. Jeremiah also doubles up as the marketing manager. His thorough knowledge of the market trends coupled with persistence and determination has ensured the rapid spread of information about the center and the consistent increase in enrollment.
His passion and enthusiasm for his field continue to prove invaluable for our center and academy!
Computer and Library: Mr. Ezekiel Ng'ang'a.
Mr. Ezekiel makes the complexities of technology seem so simple and doable for our young learners. The use of technology can not be ignored in our current world as a lot of the things we use have a technological component(s). He lovingly imparts computer literacy by teaching them basic computer skills.
The know-how they acquire goes a long way in improving their problem-solving skills as well as making their learning faster and better. He empowers them with the computer skills that give them an upper hand in both classwork and out-of-class activities.
Mr. Ezekiel also doubles up as the school librarian. He sorts and organizes the books into various categories and guides the children to the relevant sections. Besides that, he assists the children to search and evaluate relevant information from the various rich sources of information available. In addition, he supervises all personal reading and library/maktaba lessons. He lends books to both the children and the registered library users within the community. He is a very dedicated teacher who lives for the empowerment and literacy of her students.
Secretary and Book-keeping: Ms. Purity Kariuki.
Purity with dedication utilizes her secretarial and accountancy skills and experience in serving the center. She performs all secretarial and clerical tasks. With commitment and utmost professionalism, she organizes and maintains an efficient and effective office that handles a variety of tasks for the administration, faculty, students, and parents of our children.
She is guided by her thorough knowledge of the rules and regulations of the school's system. She frequently exercises independent judgment within the scope of the authority granted by the school administration. She handles all correspondence and instantly responds to routine requests for information. She pleasantly serves as the receptionist and effectively communicates information to concerned parties. Her integrity coupled with efficiency enables her to deal with confidential matters. She also maintains all student records.
Purity assists the administration in the preparation of reports and documents: creating graphics and displays, using word processing and data management, creating an attractive presentation, copying, collating, and distributing final products. She prepares all required monthly and year-end reports in a timely fashion. In addition, she receives school fee slips/receipts and updates payments in the system. Her love for the institution and her dedication goes a long way in fulfilling our objectives!