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DR. CHARLES MULLI, PhD, Hsc
Founder, CEO and Board Director


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Dr. Charles Mutua Mulli is a celebrated social entrepreneur, Philanthropist and the Founder of Mully Children’s Family(MCF) based in Kenya, a Christian charitable organization he founded in 1989 to rescue, rehabilitate and transform lives of street children, orphaned and vulnerable children. Mully Children's Family Canada reaches out to disadvantaged populations to transform their lives and enable them lead dignified livelihoods. The foundation of Mully Children’s Family (MCF) and its mission, is a reflection of true life experiences of Charles Mulli as a child and his desire to make the world fit for every child one at a time. The vision of MCF is to see children, youth and the marginalized members of society leading a dignified livelihood while the Mission is to follow Jesus Christ in transforming lives of children, youth and the marginalized members of society. Born in 1949 in Kangundo, Machakos - Kenya, Charles M. Mulli experienced a debilitating childhood. Abandoned by his family at age six, he spent his childhood and adolescence begging to survive scraping out a meager existence while trying to come to terms with his abusive past. Through benevolence from relatives, Mulli attended Kyamulendu and Kathithyamaa schools in Kangundo, Machakos completing his primary education in 1966 but was unable to enter secondary school because he could not afford it. At age 17, Mulli converted to Christianity after walking into a church and going through an experience that he believed had allowed him to attain salvation. With an extraordinary will, the young Kenyan struggled to feed and educate himself and, encountering hope in the gospel, found reason to live and to forgive. Employment With only an eighth grade education, Charles Mulli toiled as a child labourer at a coffee bean plantation and later in 1968 got employed and worked as a casual labourer in an Asian home in Nairobi where his duties included tilling the garden, washing clothes, cooking in the kitchen, and other domestic chores. His diligence to service and hard work, led to his secondment to a horticultural farm in Kakuzi EPZ as a clerk. He later got a job as store manager and data clerk with German Construction Company and from his savings he bought a car which he converted into a taxi in 1971 plying Eldoret - Nakuru road. The diligence and through God’s favor on his life, saw the business grew in volume and size hence leading to a big company operating a fleet of vehicles under the trade name “Mullyways” agencies which also insurance brokerage business, a security firm motor vehicle components and accessories, LPG gas distributor in Western Kenya as well as agricultural business ventures hence becoming very wealthy, with assets valued in millions of shillings. Through diligence and hard work, Charles Mulli experienced unprecedented success. He raised a wonderful family of 8 biological children, excelled in business and between 1970 and 1991 he became a pinnacle in the church movement and board leadership in public schools.

CATHY SNOWBALL
Chair, Board Director

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Cathy was born in Toronto. She spent about 5 years of her early childhood in India. Cathy stayed home to raise her 5 children and then taught Math at Unionville High School. Cathy and her husband, Al, live in Thornhill. They attend Peoples Church. They have taken several volunteer teams to Mully Children’s Family, Kenya. That is how much they love MCF! Cathy’s children and their spouses are spread out across Canada from B.C. to Nunavut. Cathy and Al have 20 grandchildren.

KELLY MAH, MBA, MEng, P.Eng.,
Board Director

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Kelly Mah, MBA, MEng, P.Eng., PMP, is married to his high school sweetheart, Helen, for over 26 years and they have 2 teenaged children. Kelly has been involved with MCF since 2009, by leading teams of Canadians to MCF Kenya and serving as the MCF Canada Board Secretary.  He loves seeing the transforming power of Jesus’ work in the lives of the MCF children and in Canadians who visit MCF Kenya. 

Kelly works as a Management Consultant leading global strategic transformations with IBM Canada, for nearly 20 years.  He and his wife are passionate Entrepreneurs who own a real estate investment company and a financial services business.  His favourite past times are helping families increase their financial literacy, building businesses, global travel, golf and ice hockey.

STUART HARTLEY, FCPA, FCA
Board Director

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Stuart Hartley, FCPA, FCA, has six children and has been married to Carol for nearly 50 years. He is very excited about the work of Dr Mulli in Kenya. He has visited on a number of occasions.  He loves to see the hope and joy in the eyes of children that have been rescued, and helped in practical ways or have become followers of Jesus. 

Stuart is the founder and CEO of FocusROI Inc., a firm that provides specialized training and support materials for CPA firms across Canada and around the world. Before that he was a senior audit Partner with BDO.  Stuart is the author of CPA Canada’s Professional Engagement Manual, and the author of the Guide to Using International Standards for Small- and Medium-sized Entities.

ARVID LOEWEN, OM
Board Director, Fundraiser

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Arvid and his wife Ruth have been married for 39 years.  They have three married children and 11 lively grandchildren.  They make their home in Winnipeg, Manitoba.  His involvement with MCF began in 2005 in an event known as Spoke 2005:  the Canadian Safari.  God touched their hearts which led to him resigning from a 31 year career in business in 2006 in order to become a full-time volunteer ambassador on behalf of MCF.  Arvid has visited MCF several times and has served on the Canadian board since its inception in 2006.  Arvid has cycled 300,000+ kilometres on behalf of MCF using ultra-marathon cycling as the platform from which to raise awareness and funds for Mully Children's Family.  

 

In July 2019 Arvid was awarded the Order of Manitoba.  He was honoured to receive this award in recognition of his service to the children of MCF, inspiring others that we can all make a difference.  Even GrandpasCan!

NDONDO MUTUA MULLI
Board Director

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Ndondo Mutua Mulli is the 4th born of Dr Charles and Esther Mulli.  She was born and raised in Eldoret, Kenya where Mully Children's Family Canada began. She has witnessed the whole transformation story from living the affluent life, to her father’s declaration of never to work for money again. Adjusting to the new life was not an easy road, but later on she joined her parents in the vision of “Saving Children’s Lives.”

Ndondo began working on a volunteer basis immediately after her grade 12.  She has worked in different capacities in Mully Children's Family Canada as a teacher, a counsellor, social worker, Global GAP auditor, Operations Manager and she is currently the Operations Director in Mully Children's Family Kenya. She holds Masters degrees in Human Resource and Strategic Management from Daystar University Nairobi.

LOUIS CHABOT
Secretary, Board Director

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Louis is an educator (BKin, BEd) at GP Christian School in Grande Prairie, Alberta and plans events for numerous humanitarian organizations and community related projects. He is married to Diane, has 2 teenage children (Ariane and Madalie), and attends the Grande Prairie Church of Christ.

Louis' first encounter with MCF occurred in 2007 when he and his wife visited MCF Yatta. He coordinated the first MCF Choir presentation in Canada at the 'Make Poverty History Rally' and numerous visitations to Alberta by Dr. Mulli and Esther Mulli and beneficiaries from MCF. Louis currently serves MCF Canada as the current Board Secretary since 2019. He is incredibly passionate about God's miraculous work through the lives of Charles and Esther Mulli and seeing the transformations of those individuals who discover MCF Kenya as he has.

KERRY BELT
Executive Director

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Kerry has a heart for serving the Lord and people. We are very thankful to have Kerry as our new MCF Canada Executive Director.

A native Albertan, Kerry grew up attending McDougal Chapel in Sundre and spent many summers at Bible Camp where his faith in Jesus was nurtured. After high school he studied at Mountain View Bible College and then at Canadian Theological Seminary. Following seminary, Kerry began his teaching ministry at Mountain View Bible College and then taught leadership development courses at Rocky Mountain College in Calgary for 17 years. In 2007 he transitioned from teaching to serve as President of RMC and did so until December 2024.

Kerry enjoys living in Calgary with Allison, his wife of 35 years. Allison grew up in central Alberta before attending the University of Alberta. She has exercised her leadership skills at Rundle College in Calgary for 35 years, first teaching high school biology, and then transitioning to administrative roles in 2012, becoming Principal of Rundle College Senior High School in 2016.

Kerry continues to invest his time in leadership development through speaking opportunities, leading seminars, facilitating leadership classes, and mentoring leaders. He has a keen interest in not-for-profit board governance and has served on Christian school boards, national boards, and street ministry boards.

Kerry and Allison have been involved in MCF since 2011 when Allison co-led a school trip to MCF. Their growing interest in MCF led them to help host the 2016 MCF Mission Choir tour in Calgary, and Kelowna. That experience fostered a visit to the MCF Ndalani site in 2019 which further deepened their respect and desire to serve the organization led by Dr. Charles Mulli.

In his leisure time Kerry enjoys cycling, doing renovations to their home, exercising, and yard work. Allison and Kerry see serving MCF as an opportunity to serve the Kingdom of God and express their passion to care for the less fortunate in Kenya.

JOHN R STEINMANN
Treasurer, Board Director

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I was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. My Father was appointed Director of Teacher Training for Ethiopia at the request of the Canadian Government on behalf of the Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie. We lived in Ethiopia as a family for 6 1/2 years before returning to Canada.

I grew up in a strong Christian home where Bible reading and prayer, regular church attendance, and involvement was the norm. Most Saturday nights were devoted to hosting prayer meetings for different mission agencies, and missionaries were regular overnight guests in our home.

My parents founded a church in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as well as a Christian Retreat and Bible Camp (Whiteshell Keswick Fellowship) fashioned on the sound Biblical teaching found at Keswick in the British lake district. I was very involved in both of these ministries as a Sunday school teacher, youth leader, Sunday school superintendent, church beadle, camp maintenance person, committee member, and board chair.

After high school I completed a BSc degree at the University of Manitoba and an MBA at the University of Western Australia. My learning and studying did not stop there as I continued to take numerous work-related courses and programs upon my return to Canada.

In my professional life, I was involved in a variety of businesses and typically was the general manager, vice president of operations, division vice president, or president of the company. I gained a broad range of experience in different industries and traveled extensively in Canada, the US, as well as in parts of Asia.

I am retired, and I enjoy woodworking and assisting others with small projects around their homes. My wife and three adult children are very supportive of my involvement with many mission organizations. Currently, I am board chair at both the Peoples Church,Toronto, and Latin America Mission, Canada.