Brenda Kean, the founder of Jacaranda Creations, helps widows and single mothers who live in the Nairobi slums by providing them a vocation (sewing) that provides them with an income, and also provides spiritual and emotional support to the ladies.
Brenda, who was born in Kenya to missionary parents, and her husband, Garry, have been serving as missionaries in Nairobi since 2007. Garry & Brenda also planted the "New Song Nairobi Church" in January 2009. New Song started with 8 members and has now grown 10-fold, ministering to Kenyans and people from abroad. Garry is also an accomplished musician, composer, and music producer with roots in Nashville where Garry & Brenda were sent from to minister to the people of Kenya. They also have 4 wonderful daughters, aged 3 - 15.