Nibakure Children's Village (NCV) in Rwanda
Together with your help, we can
"Let Them Grow, Give Them Hope"
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“A
hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account
was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...but
the world may be different because I was important in the life of
a child.” |
“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you” - John 14:18
NCV Mission
Nibakure Children's
Village (NCV) will provide orphaned children of Rwanda with safe housing,
a foster family, healthcare, education, and career training. Our mission
to the children of Rwanda is to "let them grow, give them hope"
(Nibakure).
Vision
The vision of NCV is to create/build a village (orphanage) of family-style
homes in Rwanda that will be house to 150 children ages 8 to 18 years
old by 2008. The goal of NCV is to nurture ten children per home with
a mother and aunt figures. NCV will focus on the whole child's needs through
the on-site education, healthcare, counseling, spiritual development and
career planning. NCV's desire is to build bridges for a unified and globalized
Rwanda. (See
the latest drawings of the site and Project Objectives
updated in October 2006.)
Please consider a donation of time, talents, or money to help us reach our goal.
NCV Story
The history of NCV starts with its co-founder Floriane Brown, a native
of Rwanda. Floriane was born in Bujumbura, Burundi in 1958 but was separated
from her biological mother at age 1. Her father had several wives and
concubines but all his children (from different mothers) were raised in
the same household by his legal wife. The wives often abused the children
that were not their own and Floriane was one of these children. Many times,
Floriane felt like an orphan herself as her father was often gone on business
trips and left with her step-mothers. At age 8, Floriane learned that
she had a "biological" mother who was living in Bujumbura. The
world turned upside down for Floriane since that day as she had been led
to believe that her step mother was her "real" mother. Since
then, Floriane has had a deep love, a desire and a passion to help motherless
children, abandoned children and orphans. Floriane has had her share of
a "parentless" life although she had a father (often absent)
and step-mothers (abusive). Floriane did not get to meet her biological
mother until she was 18 years old when her uncle took her to Bujumbura
to visit her mother. Floriane's mother died in 1986.
It was in May 2004 when Floriane and her husband Rodney Brown attended a conference in Dayton, Ohio that her dream and passion were awakened. One of the conference speakers shared with the audience the vision she had for the orphanage she built in India. The vision she shared was confirmation to Floriane, who had been given a passion and heart for the children of Rwanda many years ago. The confirmation spoke to her spirit so much that she found herself moved to tears as she shared with the members of the conference audience her own vision for developing an orphanage.
Since then, Floriane, her husband and other Americans interested in this project have taken trips to Rwanda to meet with government officials, visit sites and speak to children and widows.
A board of directors of 12 people has been formed since December 2004, MSAADA has designed the planned project, the non-profit status in Rwanda has been obtained and a 23 acres land has been donated by the government of Rwanda. Together with a group of dedicated volunteers/professionals from other fields that share in NCV's vision, and in conjunction with other existing International organizations, NCV expects to move rapidly towards future growth and helping the orphaned children of Rwanda.
