OUR U.S. STAFF
Racquel Turner – Founder MFFO
Racquel Turner, known as Rocky for most of her life, is the founder of MFFO. Born and raised in Southern California, her first job is to protect, love and care for her six children and her amazing husband. Today, her days are filled with cooking, cleaning, raising money for school fees and running costs for Saint Monica Children’s Home.
When she grows up, she wants to travel the world, live in Kenya with her husband Jeff, and spend the rest of her life protecting, loving, and caring for orphans. You can read more about Rocky.
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Ashley Saunders – Director – Inspire The Child
Since grade school, Ashley Saunders has always had a dream to open orphanages around the world. The daughter of two Air Force parents, she is not unfamiliar with traveling. In 2008, her journeys led her to Kenya for the first time. While there, she volunteered at an orphanage called Saint Monica’s Children’s Home and realized first hand the great need the world has for people committed to helping children in need. She returned to Kenya once again in 2009 to begin the Inspire the Child Project.
Before teaming with Rocky to start Inspire the Child, Ashley invested time in various educational programs including student teaching in high school and college in subjects from Philosophy to self-defense classes. She has also spent time as a peer counselor to others struggling with suicidal ideology, eating disorders, and various post-traumatic issues. Ashley attended Full Sail University where she studied Film and Video Production.
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Juli Salvante – Volunteer Photographer
Juli has been the Director of Customer Satisfaction for Real Estate Shows since 2004. She has always had a passion for photography and is currently a freelance photographer on the side. She’s traveled to Kenya in 2007 and 2009 and has donated her time and artistic eye to MFFO and the girls at Saint Monica Childrens Home.
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Tonja Greenfield- Volunteer Videographer
Tonja is currently working in the movie industry as a Camera Loader. She volunteered her time and talent in 2009 and helped MFFO gather hundreds of hours of film. She has not only given her time but also her heart, she is sponsoring one of our amazing high school girls as well.
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Our Kenyan Partners and Staff @ Saint Monica Children’s Home
Perpetua Wanjiru Gatome – Director Saint Monica Children’s Home
Perpetua Gatome retired from teaching in 1988 after 17 years experience teaching in various schools in Kenya. Since 1993, she has been involved in working with children’s homes including Bethlehem Community Center, which is a home in Soweto Slums with over 250 street children and St Monica’s Children Home which caters for orphaned girls, some who are HIV positive. Within these children’s homes, she has worked in various capacities from Board member to Chair of the Board and her role involved development projects, education projects, general management of the homes, counseling children and fundraising. You can read more about Perpetua.
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Beatrice Mathoni – Office Manager and Secretary
Beatrice has been with Saint Monica Children’s Home for over five years now. She is an amazing Mother to her own three children and loves and cares for the girls at Saint Monica’s like her own. She serves as Secretary and Office Manager of the home.
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Assumptah Piah – House Mother
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Teresia Njeri – Kitchen Staff
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