Robert Okwakol
Pastor/Co-founder
Pastor Robert is the visionary behind Mercy Seat Fellowship. He and his wife began Mercy Seat Fellowship in 2010 and have impacted countless lives since birthing their ministry. Pastor Robert has a huge heart to see Uganda transformed and believes the greatest way change a community is to impact its children.
Janepher Achieng
Teacher/Co-founder
Janepher is the beautiful wife of Pastor Robert and currently works as a teacher at Mercy Seat School. In addition, she has eight of her own children and two children from another family whom she cares for. Janepher helped birth the vision of Mercy Seat Fellowship with Pastor Robert in 2010 and has been faithfully working for the ministry ever since.
Meet the Team
Ugandan Staff
International Team
Caitlin
International Coordinator
Uganda is Caitlin's second home after living on the ground for nearly three years and traveling back and forth between the States and Uganda for ten years. She is proud of her awesome hut in Amoroto village and loves spending time out in the bush with her favorite Ugandan community.
Caitlin is the point of contact for all international volunteers who visit Mercy Seat, so if you are interested in getting involved please contact Caitlin for more information. She couldn't get all the needed work done without her AMAZING friends shown below!
Businesswoman and teacher, loan project coordinator, visionary, preacher, hut owner and bush woman
Right-hand woman, ministry advocate, village comedian, baby whisperer
Teacher, advocate, planner, adventurer, strategist, thoughtful one, African sister
Planner, teacher, pioneer, supporter, encourager, friend
Teacher, world-traveler, idea person, implementer, entrepreneur, go-getter, master of languages
Lover of all things African, comic relief, advocate, friend and support
Administrator, social worker, event planner, truly servant-hearted woman with a love for the elderly and vulnerable children
Teacher, visionary, a man who fights for transformation
Pastor, mobilizer to hard-to-reach areas, man with a heart for the rural poor