Who We Are
RTC Missions, Inc. is a U.S. faith-based nonprofit organization dedicated to improving healthcare access and serving vulnerable communities in Homa Bay County, Kenya. Through medical outreach, hospital development, Christian discipleship, and humanitarian support, RTC Missions helps provide life-saving care to families who otherwise would have limited or no access to treatment.
RTC Missions operates as a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and works directly alongside RTC Ministries, our Kenyan nonprofit counterpart. Together, these organizations support the growth and operation of the RTC Mission Hospital, a rapidly expanding Level 4 healthcare facility serving thousands of patients throughout the region.
RTC Ministries was founded locally in Kenya to address the growing healthcare crisis affecting rural villages near Lake Victoria. While RTC Missions helps provide international support, fundraising, volunteers, and strategic partnerships, RTC Ministries leads daily operations, community outreach, patient care, discipleship efforts, and long-term sustainability initiatives on the ground in Kenya.
RTC stands for “Righteousness Through Christ,” reflecting the faith-centered mission that guides both organizations in their work to serve others through compassion, dignity, and practical support.
Our Mission
“To unite people in alleviating suffering and despair through Christian discipleship, meeting basic healthcare needs, establishing self-reliance and promoting environmental stewardship even as we grow in God’s Kingdom.”
This mission shapes every aspect of RTC Missions and RTC Ministries, from healthcare access and emergency medical care to maternal health, medical mission teams, clean water initiatives, and sustainable community development. Through a unique partnership between our U.S.-based nonprofit and our Kenyan counterpart, donations move directly from RTC Missions in Waxahachie, Texas to RTC Ministries in Kenya, where they support hospital operations, patient care, equipment, and community outreach. With minimal administrative overhead in either country, your generosity goes where it is needed most, helping provide life-saving care and creating lasting impact for the people we serve.
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How It Started
RTC Missions began with one simple act of compassion.
In 2014, Kenyan civil engineer Samwel T. Otieno began helping vulnerable families gain access to healthcare through Kenya’s government insurance program. As healthcare needs continued to grow throughout the region, the ministry evolved beyond insurance assistance and focused on building sustainable, long-term medical care solutions for underserved communities.
Rather than turning people away, Sam founded RTC Ministries in Kenya and opened a small clinic to provide care for underserved families throughout the approximately 200,000 people in the Kasipul sub-county of Homa Bay County. The first maternity ward was built from sheet metal and operated with extremely limited resources, yet it became a lifeline for the surrounding community.
In December 2021, Sam met Dave McSpadden at a Rotary Club meeting in Waxahachie, Texas. Through a shared heart for humanitarian work and Christian service, the two formed RTC Missions, Inc., establishing a U.S.-based nonprofit to help expand the growing ministry and healthcare mission in Kenya.
Soon after, Dave traveled to Kenya and witnessed firsthand the urgent need for improved healthcare access. During that visit, a young couple lost their first child because the hospital lacked an ultrasound machine. That moment became a turning point for the organization. RTC Missions launched a fundraising campaign that provided a new ultrasound machine, helping improve prenatal care and maternal outcomes for families throughout the region.
Since then, RTC Missions and RTC Ministries have helped expand healthcare services through:
A new two-story women’s hospital
24/7 emergency ambulance services
Surgical operating theaters
Digital technology radiology department
Neonatal and intensive newborn care services
Kidney dialysis treatment
Volunteer mission housing
Expanded outpatient and inpatient care
A new generator providing continuous power for uninterrupted surgeries
Meet the Team
RTC Missions and RTC Ministries are led by passionate individuals committed to serving communities through healthcare, faith, and sustainable impact. Together, our leadership team works across both the United States and Kenya to expand access to care and strengthen local communities.
David F. McSpadden
President, RTC Missions, Inc.
Dave McSpadden helped establish RTC Missions, Inc. as a U.S.-based nonprofit organization after meeting Samwel T. Otieno in 2021. With a background in humanitarian service and Rotary International mission work, Dave leads strategic partnerships, fundraising initiatives, organizational development, mission trips and international outreach efforts that support the growth of the RTC Mission Hospital.
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Samwel T. Otieno
Founder of RTC Ministries and RTC Mission Hospital Director
Samwel T. Otieno founded RTC Ministries in Kenya with a vision to provide healthcare access to underserved communities throughout Homa Bay County. What began as a small effort to help families access healthcare eventually grew into a rapidly expanding healthcare ministry that now serves thousands of patients each year through the RTC Mission Hospital, medical outreach, and community support initiatives.
Dr. David Morehead
Medical Director
Dr. Morehead supports clinical development, healthcare strategy, and medical mission coordination for RTC Missions. His leadership helps strengthen partnerships between volunteer medical teams and healthcare professionals serving our patients at the RTC Mission Hospital in Kenya.
Ami Trull
Board Secretary and Communications Lead
Ami Trull supports organizational communications, outreach initiatives, and storytelling efforts that help connect supporters, volunteers, and partners to the mission and impact of RTC Missions.
Jon Garrett
Director at Large
Jon Garrett supports RTC Missions through leadership, education, and community development initiatives. He serves as a business and entrepreneurship instructor for the Maisha Bora Better Life Program, helping women develop practical skills, financial literacy, and business knowledge that create opportunities for long-term self-reliance and economic growth for their families.
Carey Bryan
Director at Large | Development
Carey Bryan supports fundraising, donor development, and strategic growth initiatives for RTC Missions. Having participated in mission trips to Kenya and witnessed the impact of RTC Mission Hospital firsthand, Carey is passionate about building relationships and expanding resources that help strengthen healthcare services, community programs, and future growth opportunities throughout Homa Bay County.
Joshua Ariya
Hospital Administration Leadership And Chaplain
Joshua Ariya helps oversee daily hospital operations in Kenya and supports the continued growth of RTC Mission Hospital’s healthcare services, chaplain services, and patient care initiatives.
Kennedy O. Oyango
Director of Nursing
Kennedy O. Oyango leads nursing operations and patient care services at RTC Mission Hospital, helping ensure quality healthcare delivery throughout the facility. Kennedy has been delivering babies at the hospital since 2016.
Irene Akinyi
HIV/AIDS Program Coordinator
Irene Akinyi oversees HIV/AIDS education, treatment coordination, and patient support services that help strengthen community health outreach programs throughout the region.
Dr. Eugene Tobby
Medical Superintendent
Dr. Tobby oversees medical operations at the RTC Mission Hospital. He leads with compassion and expertise.
Job Oyango
RTC Mission Hospital CEO
Job oversee all operations at the RTC Mission Hospital. He is passionate about providing health health care services to all.
Our Statement of Faith
We believe that, in the Bible, “All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16).
We believe that Jesus is the eternal, self-existent God and is not a created being. Even though He is fully God, He took upon Himself the form of a man to live and die for our sins. We also believe that He rose from the dead three days after His burial.
We believe that the penalty for man’s sin was paid on the cross of Calvary in Jesus’ death. “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23). By believing on Jesus Christ and accepting the grace of His shed blood, we receive the gift of eternal life, “not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:9).
Because we love Jesus for His sacrificial death, we want to obey Him as He commands in scripture, “If you love me, keep my commands” (John 14:15). Because we are saved, we choose to keep His commandments as the guide for successful living by serving others.
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