Self Worth - If He Can Find It So Can All Of Us w/ Peter Mutabazi

Jan 30, 2026

Peter Mutabazi, once a street child in Uganda who became a foster father and founder of the Now I Am Known Foundation, shares his life of survival and service. He talks about how being seen changed everything. Short, powerful stories explore trauma, forgiveness, the ripple of one kind act, and why belonging matters.

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ANECDOTE

Named And Seen Changed Everything

Peter lived on Kampala's streets and slept in sewers until age 15 when a stranger named James befriended him and offered food and school.
Being asked his name by James was more meaningful than the food because it made Peter feel seen and human.

INSIGHT

Trauma Defines Or Refines You

Peter says trauma either kills you or refines you and you must choose how to use it.
He intentionally embraced and claimed his past so he could channel it into a positive future.

ADVICE

Forgive For Your Freedom

Forgiveness can come after claiming your worth and seeing personal potential rather than before healing begins.
Forgive on your own timeline as a step to free yourself, not to elicit a response from the offender.

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Sometimes a story comes along that challenges my perspectives at a core level. As a father, I took great responsibility in instilling self-worth into my children. And, I still had kids who struggled with their self-worth. I feel our culture as a whole is more insecure than ever. My guest in this episode is Peter Mutabazi, and he found his self-worth after a childhood that gave him zero access to any concept of it. Peter was born out in the boonies of Uganda in what can hardly be described as a home. He was routinely beaten by his father and treated like a stray dog. Or worse. Treated like trash. He ran away at age 10 for fear his father would finally kill him. He made it to the city of Kampala where he lived on the streets and slept in the sewers. Literally. It was so disgusting in the sewers nobody would venture there, which meant it was the only place he could find safety. He lived as a street kid where he only ate every few days, he never slept in a bed, rode in a car, or had shoes. But at age 15, someone befriended him and gave him a chance. Today he lives in America where he fosters and adopts children and runs an organization he founded called, Nowiamknownfoundation.org where his goal is to encourage and affirm marginalized and abandoned children. He wrote a book titled, Now I Am Known: How a Street Kid Turned Foster Dad Found Acceptance and True Worth. My focus was on how Peter could come from such dramatic abuse, abject poverty, and zero exposure to any nurturing or support, and not only find his self-worth, but then serve others in finding their self-worth. And be at peace with this world that he found so much pain from for the first 15 years of his existence. What could we learn and apply to ourselves? Find Peter on Instagram where he has nearly 900k followers @fosterdadflipper

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