Baltimore resident Cheryl Pipia is Head of Integrated Sales-U.S. Intermediaries at T. Rowe Price and founder of Mission & Movement, an organization dedicated to inspiring thoughtful living, purposeful leadership, and long-standing community impact in impoverished parts of the world. Through Mission & Movement, Cheryl has carried out many acts of kindness in Kenya, focused on education, community development, and vocational training.
“After completing several volunteer vacations to Kenya and Ghana, I realized there were two main gaps in humanitarian efforts. While some volunteer groups have visited these areas, promised projects weren’t getting completed and there was a lack of commitment to see things to fruition,” she explains. “For that reason, I felt there was a lack of dignity for the community. It was my goal to build relationships by repeatedly visiting with the locals and listening to their needs, identifying grassroots projects that required funding, and making it happen in a meaningful way.”
In Kibera, Mission & Movement’s sister non-profit sponsored the entire funding of the Shine Kibera Educational Centre, a primary school of about 60 students from an impoverished area. This past year, Cheryl returned to Kenya to visit the Shine Kibera School and to start the construction of another secondary school in Kisii, as well as take 40 children at Shine Kibera on an educational trip to Kenya’s TV 47 station.
