Pilot Project Progress Part 3: Meet Beth

Thursday afternoon we’ll be having our second general meeting with the pilot project group, but before we do that we’d like to introduce you to Beth Muthoni Kabathi, our new CCS partner in the work!

Beth was born and raised within the Murang’a district where our project is located. She received her degree from Daystar University, a very well respected Christian university near Nairobi committed to raising up Christian servant leaders in every area of life. Beth studied business and accounting, and after graduation went to work for CCS for six years as the Mount Kenya regional accountant. During that time, she not only did great accounting, she also learned more and more about what CCS does in the field. Along the way she took part in a distance course through the Chalmers Center at Covenant College on community development, and later decided she wanted to be involved in something more directly related to helping the poor.

So, get this, she went and got her Masters in Micro-finance! Just last week, Beth defended and presented the research she did on insurance among poor Kenyans, and now we’ve got a real master on the team!

Best of all, Beth is passionate about the work, and about the community. She has brought tremendous insight to our work, helping the two dumb wazungu (white people) figure out what the heck is going on. Beth is a tremendous example of a highly educated Kenyan woman on the front lines of serving the poor, making great sacrifices to do so (including having to learn how to ride a motorbike). Please pray for Beth as we continue to sail into uncharted waters together, and that God would help her to build real rapport and community within the village where we’re working.

Peace,
Michael