Our team has a great mission of heightening the level of preparedness among the graduates while seeking employment. The program achieves this by training graduates to write robust curriculum vitae, Cover Letters, and Job emails. It also equips the graduates with competency skills during job interviews.
Moreover, the program holds occasional meetings where successful graduates share their working experiences and challenges while seeking employment.
Chris O’Hare – Co-Founder/Patron
Chris O’Hare is an experienced television and film producer.
He lives in London, England and Lucca, Italy. His degree is from Harvard University in Physical Science and Literature. Chris became a T.V producer and a writer producing many shows over more than two decades including Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto, Private View, and On the Road Again. He has an Emmy Nomination for Dr. Seuss’ Daisy-Head Mayzie. Currently, he is executive producer of a documentary on the American Writer Flannery O’Connor with Loyola University Chicago. He travels to Kenya frequently for MustardSeed, a career program he founded in Nairobi. Chris discovered St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School for youth impacted by AIDS and poverty in the Kibera slums. After visiting the school in 2014 he learned that many graduates, despite a good education, were struggling to get work experience and secure jobs. He started MustardSeed, a Program that mentors young people to develop skills to find a job and to keep it. Each participant pledges to pass on the benefit of the program to others.
Contact: coh@crownstreet.co.uk.
Marion Zireese – MS Program Coordinator
Marion Zireese is an alumna of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary
School where she honed her academic skills and laid the
foundation for her future endeavors. She has a professional
background in Journalism and Mass Communication.
She holds the pivotal role of coordinator for a groundbreaking
program designed to empower graduates with the requisite skills
and practical experience demanded by today’s competitive job
market. By focusing on practical skill development and industry-relevant experiences, graduates are
well-prepared to navigate the complexities of today’s job landscape successfully.
Contact: mariezire90@mustardseedprogramme.org
Eric Bosire Ongeri- MS Program Accountant
Eric has over 9 years’ work experience in both non-governmental organizations and educational institutions as a financial and project accountant. He has extensive experience in Grants Budgetary Planning and Management as well as Accounting and Auditing functions. Eric holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in finance from KCA University, Kenya. He is also a certified public accountant trained at Strathmore University, Kenya.
Contact: Eric@mustardseedprogramme.org
Joseph Ouma – MS Program Assistant and Website Administrator
Joseph is an alumna of St. Aloysius Gonzaga High School. Did Information and Communication Technology at Technical University of Kenya. Currently working as a POS Software Specialist at Novacom Systems Limited in Nairobi, an IT firm and Oracle partner that provides Oracle software solutions to hospitality industries (Hotels and Restaurants) in Kenya and other countries in East and Central Africa. He worked in the MS program as the MustardSeed programme website administrator and program assistant.
Contact: joseph@mustardseedprogramme.org
George Agak – MS Program Assistant and Writer
George Agak is a seasoned copywriter, marketing strategist, blogger, and most recently a comedian with a Comedy Special out. At Mustardseed, George is the writer of the program, where he curates captivating web content and resourceful blogs among other writing needs of the program. With years of experience in the digital workspace, he also brings a wealth of information to the program’s training as a mentor.
Contact: agak@mustardseedprogramme.org