Gisela Roth, M.D.
Volunteer Staff                     Gisela worked as a missionary doctor in Zimbabwe before training as a psychiatrist and psychotherapist in Germany, her home country.  Gisela joined AIM Care to work at Tumaini in 2005, where she offers support through psychiatric care, specialized trauma therapy, general counseling, as well as member care workshops.

Roger Brown, M.D.
Volunteer Staff                    Roger is a board certified general psychiatrist and is board-eligible in child & adolescent psychiatry.  Roger provides psychiatric care and evaluations for a variety of mental health issues. He has special interests in working with children, teens, and adults with ADHD;  trauma care; and play therapy.  Roger and Shirley arrived in Kenya to serve with AIM in 1991 and have been involved in Tumaini since the founding.

Judith Finkbeiner; Chr. Psychology, Psychotherapy (HPG)
Volunteer Staff                    Judith came to Kenya as an AIM counselor in 2008. She previously worked as a missionary nurse in Uganda and has a degree in Christian Psychology (IACP –Germany) and Psychotherapy (HPG). One of her passions is to support missionaries in stress management, cultural adjustment. She also enjoys mentoring short-term missionaries and working with teenagers. She is a board member of GMMT (German Missionary Medical Team).

Richare Baggé, M.D.
Volunteer Staff                      Richard is the SIL Counseling Coordinator for Africa and has been on the staff at Tumaini since coming to Kenya in 1993. He is a board-certified general psychiatrist and sees families, couples or individuals in therapy. He has co-authored Healing the Wounds of Trauma: How the Church Can Help and has a special interest in trauma and grief. Richard and Nancy are the parents of two young adult children.

Nancy Baggé, LPC
Volunteer Staff                       Nancy joined the counselling staff at Tumaini in 2009 after completing her graduate studies in Clinical Psychology at Wheaton College. She is a nurse and a licensed professional counselor with specialized training in trauma therapy. Nancy and Richard have two young adult children living in the US.

Joyce Richardson, RMFT
Volunteer Staff                   Joyce Richardson is a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist from Canada. She joined the counselling team in 2011 from SIM. She works with individuals, couples, and families in holistic and invitational ways. Her desire is to walk faithfully alongside those who seek to deepen and strengthen their inward, upward and outward journeys. Joyce and her husband have been in ministry in Africa for 20+ years.

Doug Ghrist, M.D.
Volunteer Staff                         Doug grew up in Kenya as an MK (missionary kid).  After training and board-certification in general psychiatry, he returned to Kenya in 2001 to work at Tumaini. Currently, Doug and Kathy are back in the U.S. and assist with recruiting new staff members for AIM Care and shepherding them through the application process.

Margaret Anyango Oriang
Support Staff                        Margaret is our Clinical Assistant and receptionist. In addition to providing administrative support to the psychiatrists, she greets visitors as the “voice” of Tumaini.

Daisy Wahome-Ndege
Support Staff                              Daisy is the AIM Care Office Coordinator. She began working at Tumaini in 2006 as a receptionist. In addition to overseeing office procedures, Daisy provides oversight to the employed staff and the seminar room.

Shirley Brown
Volunteer Staff                      Shirley is the personal assistant for the AIM psychiatrists and assists in various other support capacities.  She is a nurse and has a master’s degree in Biblical Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary.  The Browns have two daughters in university in the US.

Rene Delorenzo
Volunteer Staff                      Rene is the librarian for Tumaini. Rene and her husband Mike have worked in Kenya with AIM since 1996.  They are the parents of two children whom Rene home schools.