THE STAFF IN MALAWI - A VILLAGE-BASED APPROACH
The day-to-day operations of Ministry of Hope are conducted by a staff of Malawians from a base in the capital city, Lilongwe, and by volunteers in each village who work with a center director.

Ministry of Hope is fortunate to also have a wealth of volunteers from nearby African Bible College and from short-term mission groups from the United States.

Executive Director,
Charles Gwengwe
Charles has worked as a consultant for World Vision, World Food Program, Save Orphans Ministry and the Center for Higher Learning in RSA. He has served as the general secretary of Evangelical Association of Malawi and previously worked as a National Literature secretary of Scripture Union of Malawi. He has a Masters of Arts in Organizational Leadership, and the UN Millenium Campaign has just given him an award for the role he played in initiating Micah Challenge Malawi, a movement that aims at deepening Christian commitment towards the poor.

Charles has presented papers locally and internationally, the latest being one on the Malawi National Consultative Forum for the future of Malawi, which was chaired by the head of state.

He is married to Towera and has two children. He says his personal mission is “To guard my soul and nourish my spirit with good things always and the word of God. I covenant to hold myself fully accountable thus assuming that I am a good steward of what I am called to do and will never allow my profession to take priority over the spiritual life and family obligations."

Director, Community Based Orphan Care
Kelvin Boston Kalonga
Kelvin holds a Masters Degree in Theology and Development, a Bachelor of Theology and Development (honours) and a Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) with minors in Communication, and Education. He has over 5 years experience in project management including designing, planning, implementation, performance monitoring and evaluation of various donor-funded projects. He also has experience in Finance and Administration gained at African Bible College, the Evangelical Association of Malawi and Save Orphans Ministries.

Kelvin is married to Anesa and has a daughter named Shalom.  His passion for the Lord is inspired by Micah 6:8 “He has shown, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Director of Education, Spiritual Development and Volunteer Coordination Daniel Hluchwayo Moyo
Daniel has been with MOH for more than three years. He coordinates visits with volunteer groups from the U.S. as well as educational and worship activities among the orphans. He graduated from African Bible College on June3, 2006.




Finance Officer, Business Manager
Rowena Mumba
Rowena is a Certified Accounting Technician and a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants. She has 15 years experience in financial operations with non-governmental organizations, including 9 years at Evangelical Lutheran Department Programme, a Christian Organization.

She also did a course in Theology at Peniel College, an affiliate of Oral Roberts University in United Kingdom. 

Rowena is married to Ken and they have 3 children, twin boys and a girl.  Her passion for the Lord is inspired by Matthew 6:33, “But seek first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you” NKJV.

Ms. Mpho Lungu, Administrative Assistant
Mpho joined MOH on January 3, 2007, and she hopes to fully put her skills, knowledge and experience into practice to lift up the daily operations of the ministry as she shares her love of Christ with the children.




Salengo Feeding Center Director,
Jimmy Kuthyola
Jimmy has been with the ministry since 2003 and is a trained health surveillance assistant. He has a heart for orphans and his passion is to preach and share the Word of God with the needy.




Kwamba Feeding Center Director,
Felix Khonje
Felix is committed to ministering to the needy in an isolated, rural area. A maize mill project is expected to take shape soon at his center, which would fill a great need in the community because the nearest mill is currently 10 kilometers away.



Matapilaœ and Katondo Feeding Centers Director,
Gift Matandika
Gift's desire is to expand God's kingdom through orphan ministry and he regularly encourages the orphans to trust that God will ultimately provide for all their spiritual and physical needs through Jesus Christ. Gift has also been involved with the ministry since the beginning. He is the brother of Fletcher Matandika, the founder of MoH.






Crisis Nursery Clinician
Mwai Nyirongo
Mwai is working hard to have a registered clinic under MOH to effectively care for the babies at the Nursery as well as community peoples in the community orphan centers.

Mponela Feeding Center Director,
Rodrick Zamula
Rodrick is the Center Supervisor for Mponela where he is spearheading projects to grow soybean and cassava. He is happily married and is the father of one, named Rejoice.