Lilian is the loving heart and soul of Akina Ties, who is selflessly dedicated to the Akina Ties children and her community.

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Lilian is a trained administrator and social worker, with a diploma in both. Until 2017, she worked as a personal assistant to the Kisii County governor’s wife. Prior to that, she was employed with the Kenyan government department of training as a student attachment officer and as a social worker in a baby orphanage in Nakuru.

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Lilian is mother to, counsellor, advocate and dedicated defender of the Akina Ties children.

Mary moved to Kenya in 2004 to establish and run the first baby orphanage in the area. Ten years later Mary was Mum (literally) to 100 children ranging from new born to sixteen years of age. 
 
Living and working in Kenya has given Mary firsthand knowledge and understanding of the poverty, barriers and social challenges so many families (especially women and children) face daily.
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While living in Kenya, Mary met Lilian and quickly forged a great friendship which continues today. Mary and Lilian worked together both at the orphanage and on community projects.  A promise they made to a dying mother is now being fulfilled by Akina Ties where both her sons are being cared for and educated.
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For personal reasons Mary returned to Australia after ten years in Kenya and has supported Akina Ties since its inception.
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Mary is a qualified case manger currently working in youth services and living in regional Western Australia with her husband and their two fur babies, Jellybean and China.

Jenny visited Kenya in 2010 and her heart was touched by the many women and children she met who were suffering because of poverty and abuse. As a result, Jenny (together with Mary and Lilian) started Heart4Change to empower local women.  Akina Ties emerged from the Heart4Change foundation.
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Jenny has worked as a support worker in a women's refuge for the last 20 years.  She is a mother of two, nanna to four grandchildren (who are the light of her life) and lives in west Queensland Australia.

Jules  joined the Akina Ties Warriors in 2019 and is involved in a variety of aspects of the Akina Ties Australia Inc. not for profit.
 
Working at a children's home in Tanzania in her early 20s ignited a desire in Jules to continue to provide any help she can to the children of Africa. 
 
Julia is a mum of two gorgeous children and is a trained corporate and human rights lawyer who lives in New South Wales Australia.

Aburi Mosero or Wakili, as we commonly call her, is a passionate lawyer with a keen eye on various fields of the law, especially children, human rights and Gender. 
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We at Akina Ties Haven are honored to have her on board as one of our Akina Warriors. Being a rescue centre that often deals with legal issues in respect of the children that we take in, Aburi is always here to make the requisite follow-up in ensuring that the legal needs of our children are covered. 
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Aburi joined the Akina family in 2022 as a volunteer and over time has shown and continues to show her dedication in helping Akina Ties as a whole.
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Her passion is to see a future in which children and women are free from abuse, discrimination and poverty and are able to well represented to get justice when needed.

A fourth-generation Swedish America from a rural Midwest Minnesota Community of 950. Raised on a family farm, learned the value of work ethic with an appreciation to help the less fortunate of the world. Traveled 52 countries as a humanitarian volunteering to make a difference in the lives of those he met Domestically and Internationally.
 
A retired faculty member of Ridgewater College, Hutchinson, Minnesota. The founder of Bergquist and Associates Global and the Bergquist Foundation with the motto “Making a Difference Globally. The author of “Milk to Missions” A Rotarian, four-time Paul Harris Fellow and Presidentelect of the Tucson Kino Rotary Club.
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An Akina Ties board member serving to make a difference for young people who deserve respect, an education, with a future to make a difference in the lives of others less fortunate.
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Kate and Noel Doyle who are fondly know as 'grandma and grandpa', have generously dedicated their support to Akina Ties over the past 10 years.
Words can not explain how amazing these 2 beautiful souls are, but their actions alone have changed many lives for the better.
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Thank you grandma and grandpa, know you are loved dearly by your Akina Ties family.

Sarah is always willing to offer advice and was an amazing help when Akina Ties Australia Inc. was set up.  Her dedication to the children of Kenya is unquestionable and a true inspiration. The world needs more Angels like Sarah.
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Thank you Sarah for always making yourself available when we need advice.