Ivan was born on 10/2/2000. He speaks Luo and English and has one
sibling.
Little is known
about Ivan’s past. He was born as
a result of rape. His mom,
Florence, was attending a secondary boarding school in 1999. One night the LRA rebels raided the village
and school sending the students fleeing for their lives. As Florence was hiding she was found by
a boy she knew from school. They
hid for days to avoid the rebels, but somehow she placed too much trust in him
and was raped. Shortly thereafter
the boy was killed as he ran from the rebels.
In 2002 Ivan’s
mom gave birth to a girl. Shortly
thereafter the mom and baby disappeared. Ivan has not seen them since.
Ivan went to
live with a grandfather in 2003 and stayed with him for many years. It was here he learned how to build
homes as the grandfather was a skilled carpenter.
In 2007 the grandfather became ill with
TB and quickly lost health. Ivan
became full time caregiver as well as the only support for the two of them. In 2008 Ivan was interviewed to be
admitted to Otino Waa, but was put on a waiting list of over 500. He had almost lost hope of living
there, but in 2010 he was admitted.
Ivan loves his new life at Otino
Waa. He seldom attended school in
his younger years and has many grade levels to catch up to. He continues to want to be a builder.
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