1000 Voices for Hope - Building Mahiga Hope High

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Project Personnel

Turk Pipkin - Project Director

Writer-filmmaker Turk Pipkin is the director of the feature documentary, One Peace at a Time, which looks at the possibility of providing basic rights to every child. Turk also directed the doc, Nobelity, and is the co-founder of the education and action nonprofit, The Nobelity Project. He has published ten books of fiction and nonfiction, and appeared in HBO’s The Sopranos and many feature films.

Joseph Mutongu - Community Director

A community leader in his hometown of Mahiga, Kenya, Joseph Mutongu completed his high school education in Nairobi, and received a university degree as a naturalist in Great Britain. He has been a lead naturalist at Aberdare National Park in Kenya, and as a naturalist and manager for Lonrho Hotel Kenya and Fairmont Hotels Kenya.

Greg Elsner - Design Fellow, Architecture for Humanity

Greg Elsner holds a Masters Degree in Architecture from the University of North Dakota. He is currently a Design Fellow for Architecture for Humanity, living in the community of Mahiga/Mweiga, Kenya while he completes design and oversees construction of the RainWater Court, winner of the Nike Foundation Game Changers Award.