Our Kenyan-led Partner

We work in close partnership with Kenyan NGO, Growing Seeds (formerly Raising Futures Kenya), and have done successfully for over 20 years. Our Kenyan partner are a registered NGO in Kenya (Number: OP.218/051/2003/0378/3014).

We are recognised as a sector leader in genuine localisation and shifting power to our partner NGO in Kenya. Our Kenyan-led partner is building their capacity and resources to become fully self-reliant within the next 15 years. In the UK development sector, we are actively advocating for localisation of development work and funding, and have a goal to no longer be needed written into our strategic plan. We work closely on projects, with the Kenyan team managing the local implementation, alongside funding and evaluation support from our team in the UK. In the recent years the Kenyan team have recruited their own Fundraising and Communications Officer and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Officer, as we journey along and Shift The Power to the local team.

Please see the Seed of Hope website for about the work this incredible organisation does for young people, and see their social media pages for their latest news – Facebook and Instagram.

Meet Growing Seeds Kenya’s Senior Leaders

Mary Mwangi

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Mary is the leader of our partner NGO in Kenya. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA-K) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Mount Kenya University. She also holds a Certification on Strategic Management and Leadership from the Kenya Institute of Management. Mary has worked with Raising Futures Kenya since 2009.

Florence Olwenge

SEED OF HOPE MANAGER

Florence is a trained teacher and qualified counsellor; she oversees the management of our three Seed of Hope centres. Florence also supports our students with counselling, mentorship and personal guidance. Florence was one of the original members of staff to join Seed of Hope and has been with us since 2003.

Inga Kimaru

FUNDRAISING AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Inga is an experienced communications and fundraising professional with a strong track record of working with both local and international NGOs. She leads efforts to strengthen the organisation’s visibility and build sustainable funding through donor engagement and innovative outreach. Inga is passionate about impactful storytelling. She joined in January 2025.

Seline Amondi

MONITORING, EVALUATION AND LEARNING OFFICER

Seline is a skilled Monitoring & Evaluation professional with expertise in data management, programme evaluation, and impact assessment. She’s focused on enhancing monitoring processes and
ensuring data-driven decisions. Holding a BSc in Community Health & Development and specialised MEAL training, Seline is passionate about using data to drive social impact. Seline joined in January 2025.

Meet Growing Seeds Kenya’s Board of Governance

Edwin Kibuthu

CHAIR

Edwin is a Finance, Research, Business Planning and Access to finance specialist with over 15 years of experience in employment, consulting, and training. He is a former banker and Lecturer in several universities in Kenya and currently works as an SME business Planning and Development Consultant. He is also a Certified Professional Mediator with experience in resolving workplace conflicts.

Edwin is the treasurer of the Growing Seeds NGO board leading in budgetary and finance control and has been a board member since 2015.

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Irene Oggawa

VICE-CHAIR

Irene is an organisational development professional with over 16 years experience working in a culturally diverse context with international development organisations. She develops and delivers interventions and solutions to support behaviour change, embed desired organisational culture and systems for greater effectiveness. She is an ICF credentialed Coach (ACC) and a certified professional group and team coach.

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Lillian Wambugu

BOARD MEMBER & TREASURER

Lillian is an industrious, results oriented professional with comprehensive experience in grants/projects management and administration. She has experience in facilitating the implementation of projects throughout their life-cycle including all phases from proposal development, through pre approval, approval, commitment, monitoring & evaluation, reporting (technical & financial) and closure. Lillian has been a member of the Growing Seeds Kenya Board since 2019.

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Katherine Kiarie

BOARD MEMBER

Katherine is a Financial consultant with extensive work experience in the Banking Sector. Her areas of expertise and interests include Strategic Planning, Project Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Systems Engineering for Business Development. She has been a board member at Growing Seeds Kenya and Seed of Hope for 8 years and has worked with our team extensively to realise the goals of the organisation.

Kevin Wekesa

BOARD MEMBER

Kevin is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and Holds a Bachelor of Law Degree (LLB) from Moi University. Kevin currently practices Law in Nairobi Kenya with an interest in Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Commercial law, contracts law, Tax Law and Conveyancing. He is instrumental in offering volunteer legal services and advice to the Board and Growing Seeds NGO.

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Lawi Muriuki

BOARD MEMBER

Lawi is an innovative and performance driven entrepreneur with a deep passion for technology and skill transfer to young entrepreneurs. He has vast experience in the operations of Kenya’s informal sector in the areas of wood work, metal fabrication and upholstery businesses. Lawi is currently serving as a board member of a TVET Institution in Migori and is also on the board of The Anglican Church of Kenya (Mbeere diocese). He joins the Growing Seeds board to help strengthen the Entrepreneurship and TVET arms of the organisation.

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John Boru Budha

BOARD MEMBER

Boru is a Senior Risk Officer at CPF Financial Services, one of the largest pension administrators in Kenya. He is a risk management professional with over 7 years’ experience and brings wider industry knowledge  in Enterprise Risk Management, Business Continuity Management, Compliance Monitoring and Quality Assurance. He is a certificate member of Institute of Risk Management – UK (CMIRM). He was appointed in November 2022 to the Board of Growing Seeds NGO to help in development and implementation of risk management framework.

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Calisto Ochieng

BOARD MEMBER

Calisto is a Resource Mobilization Officer at the Africa Regional Office of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. He has over 7 years’ experience in Project/ Grant Management, Fundraising, Partnerships, Business Development, Research/Monitoring and Evaluation. He has expertise in building systems to establish and cultivate productive strategic partnerships leveraging an equal blend of vision, strategy, and execution to implement successful fundraising methods targeting communities, family trusts and foundations, corporates, and high-net-worth individuals. Calisto joins the Growing Seeds NGO Board to support the management in ensuring adequate, diversified and sustainable funding as part of one of the main objectives in the 2022-2026 Strategic Plan.

Amisa Rashid

BOARD MEMBER

Amisa Rashid is the Founder and Executive Director of Nivishe Foundation, which focuses on community-based mental health interventions, leveraging technology, and innovative solutions through advancing her leadership skills and resource mobilization to improve the wellbeing of vulnerable communities. Amisa is an award winning mental health practitioner and advocate with extensive experience in leadership and management.