Who We Are

A Passion Project from a Passion Project

In 2018, after thirteen years working at another relief organization helping in Kenya, Hand in Hand Kenya founder Randie Marsh retired … but it didn’t last. Just three years later, Randie took a non-work trip to Kenya. While there, a friend requested her to visit a Girls Safe House. That was all it took.

Moved by the work to help Kenyan victims of Gender Based Violence, Randie returned to the US and started Hand in Hand Kenya as a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to helping girls in vulnerable communities.

Our Board of Directors

  • Randie Marsh

    FOUNDER/CHAIR

    Mr. Rogers famously said that "we live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say “it’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.” Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes."

    Your support makes you a hero.

  • Jannine Thompson

    VICE CHAIR

    “We may not be able to change the whole world, but we can each make an enormous difference to someone else."

    - Andrew Witt, Musician & Songwrtier

    Randie Marsh took her dream and turned it into reality, making a difference to many, through Hand In Hand Kenya.  She is my inspiration.

  • Emily Burkart

    TREASURER

    “It's not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving.”

    - Mother Teresa

  • Natalie Ratterman

    SECRETARY

    At the end, it's not about what you have or even what you've accomplished. It's about who you've made better. It's about what you've given back.

    -Denzel Washington