In August, 2006 Mrs. Regina Esime Djentuh a.k.a. Mama Esi started to care for orphaned children in her town of Kpando. Having lost her own father at a young age and her children also having lost their father, Mama Esi decided that she would care for the orphaned children of Kpando and its surroundings.

Kpando is about 3-4 hours drive from the capital Accra northwards. .

Mama and her children converted their childhood home into an open space to accommodate the children. Starting with little funds available, she built the foundation of what has become the Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage. Relying on her personal funds and from pastries made for sale, she was able to expand and take on more children. She now has ten children under her parental care.

Venunye Djentuh is the Program Director of Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage organization. Having worked in the teaching field for over five years he  gained quite an affinity for the wonderful kids learning more of their needs Venunye determined to pioneer a new non-profit organization which was named Ryvanz-Mia  Orphanage she allows  her orphanage to be taken under the umbrella of this new organization. Its motto is Liability today, asset tomorrow.

Mission & Aims

Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage is a home that provides disadvantaged children with proper nurture, nutrition, shelter, clothing, medical care, and education. To care for children without parents, promote early childhood development and train children to become responsible and useful citizen in their communities. Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage is open to children from all catchment communities devoid of ethnic background faiths, gender and cultures.

Who runs Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage?

Mama Esi and four other boards of Directors, and a staff run the Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage. Volunteers from around the world teach English, mathematics at the private school where the kids attend school and provide support at the orphanage.

Supporters

Funds to cover the daily costs are provided from the personal funds and pastries sold by mama esi. Donations are received from volunteers after their voluntary work with the orphanage and visitors.

Program and projects

Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage runs three major programs as follows:

On education, the orphanage involves the presence of volunteers from all over the world. In addition to that the orphanage employs experienced mothers to instill appropriate cultural values.

On care and support the orphanage aims at assisting orphans to acquire basic by sponsoring them to private schools. Funds are raised through the efforts of the volunteers who visit the orphanage and personal member contributions.

Periodic counseling is held for the orphans, who are depressed morally, psychologically etc without thinking about the past.

Future Plans

Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage is in the process of acquiring four acres of land to be purchased for the construction of new orphanage. Funds to build a new orphanage to accommodate 150 children are being sought. Once funds are made available construction can begin immediately. Materials and support would be brought from the township but labor would be contracted locally. . Upon completion of construction we would move the children from the existing site and begin intakes of new children.

To educate communities on the need to support orphans.

Connect the internet and subscribe to DSTV to the home for the use of all volunteers and orphans to watch educative films.

It is the duty of the orphanage to correct behavior, habits of the kids in the near future.

History of Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage

It all began about two years ago, when Mama Esi received a frantic message from the suburb in the community that a little boy had lost her mother during birth and she also losing son and a daughter. In our communities this is interpreted as a bad omen and the child is often left to hassle and fed themselves. Having lost her own father at a young age and her children also having lost their father. She decided that she would be the person responsible for caring for the orphaned children of the community.

One by one they came; children with nowhere else to go were given to Mama Esi to look after. She and her children converted their childhood home into an open space able to accommodate up to ten children. Starting with little funds were available, she built the foundation of what has become the Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage.

She depends on her personal funds and funds from pastries made for sale daily, she was able to expand and take on yet more children. She now has ten children under her parental care. These days Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage is more like a large family whose members love and respect each other like brothers and sisters.

Location

Ryvanz-Mia Orphanage is located in Kpando in the Volta Region, between 3-4 hours drive from Accra the capital.