From the earliest days as the Mission to the Kabyles, to today being part of the Pioneers global family, we remember the faithfulness of God and the many men and women that He has used powerfully to bring the gospel to the nations. As we press forward in ministry, we want to celebrate their lives. In this series we will tell their stories.
Midwife and founder
Kaye Richmond was a nurse who founded the Dades Valley Fellowship, leaving a legacy of medical work in the south of Morocco.
Kaye initially spent time in Morocco in 1944, spending a few weeks travelling around the country. Her journey there was eventful as their ship was part of a large convoy to North Africa which came under attack.
Returning to Morocco in the 1960s with the British Churchman’s Missionary Society (now Crosslinks), Kaye went to the south of Morocco to assess if medical work was possible there. Deciding that it was, she founded the Dades Valley Fellowship in 1963 and moved into a Kasbah. Over the years she would be joined by other women and together they provided midwifery and antenatal care, ran clinics, and organised yearly summer camps in Agadir. As work expanded, a second station was opened and short-term teams also provided additional workers.
Kaye came back to the UK in 1974 to help care for the aunts who had brought her up but continued running the mission and promoting its cause. She was also a gifted artist.
By 1982, the number of workers had dwindled until it was decided that the last missionary, would join NAM. The DVF thus merged with NAM in 1983.
Kaye served on the NAM council until she retired to the Isle of Mull in 1983. She died in 2006 at the age of 92.
