About me

Where My Story Begins​

 

Gabriel Children Mission was born from my own life.

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I was very young when everything changed. When I was two months old, my mother was killed. In those days, I was rushed to the Orphanage of Nonna Amelia for protection. A few months later, the war in Rwanda began and became severe. All the children were rescued and brought to Italy. I was one of them.

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Like many other children, I grew up between fear, loss and uncertainty, without yet having the words to understand what was happening around me. Before that time, and again later, I spent several years living in an orphanage. Those years marked me deeply, teaching me early about loss, resilience and the need for care. I learned what it means to grow up without stability, and how easily childhood can be interrupted.

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Learning What Safety Means​

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For a period of time, I lived  in Italy with someone who took care of me as if I were family. In those fragile years, I was not treated as a problem to be solved, but simply as a child to be loved. We shared everyday life, meals, routines and silences. Through that presence, I learned what safety felt like. A deep bond grew naturally, without promises and without expectations. For the first time, life felt protected.

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The Shock of Returning​

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Eventually, I had to return to Africa. Despite the war, my father was still there and it was right for me to go back. It was a shock to move from the protected comfort of the Italian Western world back to life in a hut. After returning, I spent more years in an orphanage, learning once again how difficult it can be to grow up without stability.

 

Leaving was painful. Distance entered my life again and, with time, I lost contact with Italy and with those who had taken care of me.

Years passed. Life continued, often hard, but I carried that sense of care with me, quietly, like something precious that could not be taken away.

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A Simple Question​

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Many years later, our paths crossed again.

 

I was asked a simple question.

Do you have a wish.

 

I did not ask for money.

I did not ask for comfort.

 

I answered with what had been growing inside me for a long time.
I want to study.

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Education as a Path Forward​

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I enrolled in university, and education became my way forward. Through study, support and continuity, I was able to build my future step by step. I studied with determination, overcoming obstacles and doubts, and today I am an engineer. Not because someone rescued me, but because someone believed that I could stand on my own feet and shape my own life.

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That belief changed everything.

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Why Gabriel​

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My second name is Gabriel, which means messenger. This is how I see myself today. A messenger of possibility. Someone who knows that a different future is possible when a child is seen, supported and trusted.

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From My Story to a Mission​

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I belong to the many children who grew up in orphanages. And like many of them, my heart did not find peace until I understood that what I had received was meant to be given back.

 

I want to open a mission for orphaned and disadvantaged children, children who, like me, have lost too much too early or have grown up without stability, protection or opportunity. My goal is not to make them dependent on help, but to make them independent, free and strong, ready to face life with dignity.

 

I want to help them develop the ability to think, to make real-world decisions, and to believe in themselves.

 

I want to give them what I received. Not pity, but opportunity. Not protection alone, but the tools to build their own future.

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Seeds of Tomorrow​

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The Gabriel Children Mission was born from this desire, to transform my story into strength for others and to help children grow into adults who can stand tall in the world.

 

Seeds of Tomorrow is not just a name.
It is my life and the future I want to help grow.