Tumaini Prison Empowerment is a grassroots Kenyan ministry restoring dignity, hope and transformation inside and beyond prison walls.
We envision a society where prisoners, ex-offenders, and their families are met with dignity instead of judgment — where every person behind bars, or rebuilding life after release, has real access to hope, healing, and transformation.
Through spiritual support, rehabilitation, and pathways back into community life, we work toward a future where no one is defined by their past, but empowered by their potential.
Tumaini Prison Empowerment exists to walk alongside prisoners and former inmates on their journey toward restoration.
We do this through prison chaplaincy and spiritual counseling that nurtures the soul, mentorship that builds character and purpose, and rehabilitation and reintegration programs that equip individuals with the practical tools to rebuild their lives. Our goal is simple: to help every person we serve become a responsible, productive, and valued member of society.
Tumaini — the Swahili word for hope — began with a burden. A conviction that behind every prison gate in Kenya were fathers, mothers, sons and daughters the world had chosen to forget, but that God had not.
What began as monthly visits with a small bag of supplies has grown into an organized ministry of chaplaincy, mentorship, skills training and reintegration — still small, still grassroots, still faithful.
For Pastor David Kimama, the call came the way most callings do — quietly, and then insistently. What was meant to be a single afternoon inside a prison became a burden he could not set down: men and women whom society had written off, yet who still spoke of God, of children they missed, of a life they hoped to live again.
So he returned. And returned again. Over the years those visits became a ministry, and the ministry became a family — chaplains, volunteers and former inmates walking the same road together. He has never claimed a strategy for it, only obedience: show up, listen, pray, and treat every person as someone God has not forgotten.
Tumaini Prison Empowerment is the fruit of that long obedience — one pastor believing what Scripture says about second chances, and believing it long enough for others to see it too.
Carries the founding burden of Tumaini, leading the ministry with pastoral care, prayer and a steady conviction that no one is beyond redemption.
Keeps the records, rhythms and communication of the ministry in order, serving quietly and faithfully so the work behind the gates never loses momentum.
Watches over every shilling entrusted to Tumaini with transparency and care, ensuring gifts reach the people they were given for.
Tumaini Prison Empowerment is a Registered Community Based Organization (CBO) in Narok County, Kenya. We meet monthly, hold an Annual General Meeting, and every financial transaction requires three authorizing signatories.
