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 Teacher: Mr. Samson Omondi.

Teaching is a calling and our Deputy Head Teacher, Mr. Samson Omondi is indeed a living example of the adage. As the Deputy Head, Samson is tasked with the vital role of ensuring that the school runs its operations smoothly.

Samson brings to the Academy his vast teaching experience, having taught and served in various capacities in schools across the country in Baringo, Kisumu, and Nakuru counties. Where he served as a class teacher, senior teacher, head of different departments, and deputy head teacher.

His specialization is in Mathematics, Kiswahili, and CRE. It is a joy to listen to any of his classes as he, with so much passion, takes the learners through any given topic. The learners have gained such value, especially in Mathematics, thanks to the joy and love with which he delivers. He ensures to bring out the best in every learner.

As an administrator, Samson through his own example has displayed the importance of discipline and punctuality. His day at the Academy starts at exactly 5.30 am when he makes rounds to check on the wellbeing of the learners as they start their day. He ensures all the necessary departments are set i.e. for the learners’ breakfast, morning prayers, and prep classes in readiness for regular classes, which begin at 8.20 am.

Samson says he loves and enjoys his roles, as being a teacher brings his life the most joy and fulfillment and he would not have it any other way. According to him, the perfect day is when he wakes up healthy and finds teachers and learners going on with learning while other systems work seamlessly.

Dean, Academic Affairs: Mr. Alfred Tarus.

We are lucky to have Tarus heading our Academic Affairs Department. He has fully embraced our educating, mentoring, and nurturing the whole child mantra. While ensuring that all departments give academics precedence, Tarus is heavily invested in our programs and Mentorship Departments. Bringing to the administration the all-essential balance!

Tarus previously worked in various schools in Baringo County diligently serving as a class teacher, a senior teacher, a deputy head teacher, and finally, a head teacher, just before joining Moto Hope Academy as a teacher. His work ethic, dedication, and passion quickly promoted him to Dean Of Academic Affairs within a year stint at Moto Hope. We are glad to note that his immense experience in school leadership is a great advantage to us.

He has formed a formidable team of heads of the various Academic departments who are on their toes to ensure the best methods and tools are put in place and utilized for academic excellence. He has devised strategies that both fast learners and time takers are equitably served and all their potential optimized. No learner is left behind!

Besides teaching Mathematics, English, Science, Creative Arts, and Sports Mr. Tarus works closely with teachers to monitor curriculum implementation, learners’ progress, and assessment procedures, while promoting a strong learning environment for everyone.

Quality Assurance: Mr. Francis M. Njoroge.

Njoroge is a dedicated education specialist with over 30 years of experience teaching and mentoring high school students. He is a proud graduate of Kenyatta University and KEMI-trained. Moreover, he also holds a CPS (K) certification.

Before joining Moto Hope Academy, he served as a high school principal for over three decades, gaining extensive expertise in school leadership, administration, and project management. He is quite passionate about working with young people and collaborating with fellow professionals to drive positive educational outcomes.

At the Academy, Njoroge is a wondrous value add, bringing on board such zeal and thirst for success. As the head of Quality Assurance, he is tasked with monitoring and evaluating all aspects of the educational process.

He ensures that teaching standards are consistently high, the curriculum is properly implemented, and student-learning outcomes meet established expectations. His main focus is maintaining and improving the overall educational quality at Moto Hope Academy.

Spiritual Direction & Counselling: Mr. Boniface Gitau.

Boniface Gitau served as the Academy's deputy head-teacher, for ten years after his retirement in the government's Teachers' Service Commission, where he had been a teacher for forty years. He offered a great deal of his experience, knowledge, and expertise to our young learners and the staff. He has been a teacher for fifty years and a school setup is where he is most at home.

After retiring from his post as Deputy Head, Gitau now remains our beloved Spiritual Director and an essential part of the counseling department. He is a staunch practicing Catholic devoted to guiding others to Christ. With such love and dedication, he offers spiritual direction and pastoral care for the children. He invites priests to school to celebrate Holy Mass for the children as well as accompany the children to church every week.

He is every child's godfather at the Academy and it is a remarkable sight watching him with them preparing for Mass, at Catechism class, and most especially sitting with them to tell stories and catch up on their classes and time at school. The counselors and mentors have time and again gained from his wealth of wisdom and experience.

It is a joy most pure to continue to tap the phenomenal teacher and father that is Mr. Gitau!

Executive Director: Mr Vincent Njuguna Kiarie.

Vincent Njuguna is the CEO of Moto Hope Capital. He holds a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, and a BSc in Finance from Kabarak University, Kenya.

He is a Miller Centre and SOCAP global fellow and a member of Social Value International, the Global Network for Social Value and Impact Management. Additionally, he holds a Certificate in Disruptive Strategy from the Harvard Business School.

Vincent leads the development and execution of Moto Hope Capital’s comprehensive strategy, drawing from over a decade of experience in entrepreneurship, investment, and management consulting.

His driving force is a profound commitment to cultivating an enabling environment where entrepreneurs can access both capital and opportunities, empowering them to establish and expand thriving enterprises.

His excellent leadership skills together with his passion, diligence, and love for humanity have seen him forge unity and cooperation among all the teaching and non-teaching staff.

He is a motivation and inspiration and both children and adults look up to him at St. Francis Moto Hope Center and Academy.

School Health/Dispensary: Mr. Isaac Maigua.

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 coordinator at Moto Hope Kenya holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics, English Language & Literature) degree from Egerton University. She is very passionate about guiding, positively influencing, and mentoring children and young people. She has four years of teaching experience from St. Joseph's 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 Coordinator of both Mentorship and Befriender-Pal (with our USA friends) programs and is in charge of the Extra-Curricular Programs Department. She chaperones the "Once Upon a Time..'-Public Speaking program. Where learners hold public speaking competitions every month exhaustively discussing the books they have read, with their colleagues.

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 ventures and our Climate Action Program!

Bursar and Marketing Manager: 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.

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.

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 go a long way in fulfilling our objectives!