Our Team
The Simama Project is a Community Based Organization (CBO)in Nanyuki, Kenya.
The Simama Project’s on-the-ground work is guided by a community-based advisory council consisting of local leaders, social workers, education experts and former Simama Project students under the leadership of Founder and Executive Director Matt Orcutt.
Simama Project Team
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Matt Orcutt
FOUNDER
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Esther Wainaina
Director, Center of Worth
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Sophie Kitonga
Manager, Simama Transition Rescue Home
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Billy Mugo
Manager, Baraka Transition Rescue Home
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Viccleah Wanjiru
Outreach Coordinator; Media
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Onyo Loshakol
Academic Principal
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Zipporah Watiri
Social Worker, Fundraiser
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Edwin Kiambi
Social Worker; Media
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Alfred Maina Njuguna
Simama’s 1st Student; Farm Director
Kenyan Board of Directors
Jesse Kigotho
He is a happy volunteer with simama because of his passion and respect for education.
He has a Diploma in Education and has worked as a teacher for the last thirty years. He is a happy volunteer with simama because of his passion and respect for education; He is a husband and a father of two. His favorite food is choma and ugali. Jesse works hard to ensure that the project prospers.
Charles Mbuto
With over 10 years of teaching experience is currently the Academic Dean at Daraja Academy.
With over 10 years of teaching experience, Charles or “Mr. C” as he is referred to by his students, is currently the Academic Dean at Daraja Academy in Nanyuki, Kenya. Being a teacher and having lived in Nanyuki, Charles understood the need and saw the Simama Project and it’s mission as a great opportunity for local children. Charles hold a bachelor of science degree in Biology from University of Nairobi and currently pursuing a post‐graduate diploma in Education. He lives in Nanyuki with his wife and two daughters.
Victoria Gichuhi
Victoria Gichuhi is the Principal of Daraja Academy, whose role is to ensure all learning and activities that support secondary education are well coordinated.
Victoria Gichuhi is the Principal of Daraja Academy, whose role is to ensure all learning and activities that support secondary education are well coordinated. Since Simama’s inception, Victoria has worked closely with Matt in Kenya on consultative grounds. In the year 2013 she joined in as a member of Simama’s board of directors.
Victoria holds a degree in Education and is currently pursuing her Masters degree in Business administration at Kenyatta University. Her passion is to change the world through children’s education.
Mohamed Adam Shaiya
Mohamed is passionate about Simama because we help rehabilitate kids who would otherwise not have the opportunity to succeed in life.
A native of Kenya, Mohamed earned a degree in business finance from Ryerson University in Ontario Canada. He has worked in the film industry since 1996. Mohamed is passionate about Simama because we help rehabilitate kids who would otherwise not have the opportunity to succeed in life. He loves to cook and owns one of the best restaurants in Nanyuki.