2026 Mission Trip to Kenya

Mission Trip Summary

SDF will purchase 320 BURN ecoa wood burning cookstoves for 3+ Maasai communities in Kajiado County, Kenya. Our local partners, Hami Imani Africa (HIA) and Kenya Association of Baptist Churches will facilitate the creation of table banking groups prior to the arrival of the Mission Team (MT). HIA will conduct a needs assessment and pre-qualify small group families to receive the cookstove(s). The recipients must be active participants in a small group, contribute 500 Ksh as seed funds for their table bank group, and be willing to learn how to use the cookstove to reduce wood consumption and decrease family expenses. The MT will raise funds for the cookstoves ($30 ea), present on 2 themes at the sponsor churches to the table banking groups: 1) Biblical based Finances (with a spin towards savings and helping one another); 2) God's Plan for Creation (why reducing wood consumption is important and how this contributes to God's Plan). While the presentations are on-going, we will conduct several children's programs (VBS like) to supervise the children for the presentation attendees (their mothers).

Tentative Agenda - 13-day Trip (4 travel days; 6 days of mission; 2 per community; 1 day of fun (Safari); 1 day for worship, 1 day of shopping / travel).

$30.00
One High Efficiency Cook Stove

$150.00
Five High Efficiency Cook Stoves

$300.00
Ten High Efficiency Cook Stoves

$500.00
Sponsor a Missionary

$200.00
Sponsor a Lunch for 75 (on our Presentation Days)

Custom Amount

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3.5% Cover the Fee

A young boy in a red shirt and black pants standing outside a small, old mud house with a thatched roof, accompanied by a dog, in a rural area with dry soil and sparse trees.

Typical Maasai House

A woman sitting on a pink plastic chair, cooking on a portable stove outdoors, smiling at the camera, with a corrugated metal wall in the background.

Infographic titled 'Table Banking: A Quick Guide' explaining a community financial practice with illustrations of people handling cash, a photograph of Joyce Waikhna Muruthi with a greeting, and text about pooling savings, borrowing, repayment, and community building.

A group of women sitting in a room, with one woman in a red dress and black cardigan smiling, surrounded by other women, some holding notebooks and money on a small wooden table.

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We Hope to have a full team of commited volunteers by January 30, 2026. We are requestig a first installment at this time of $1,500 to book airline tickets

For More Information - contact Tom Lohner at thomas.lohner@susdev.fund