NEW BOOK

Surprising Lessons I Learned as a Foster Dad to More Than 40 Kids

“Peter’s blend of personal stories and practical advice offers a roadmap for healing and connection that every parent and child could benefit from.”

–Tori Hope Petersen, bestselling author and speaker

ROOM TO BELONG

Every child deserves a space that feels like home. I grew up without a mattress until I was fifteen. That memory is why Room to Belong exists — personalized bedroom makeovers for foster youth, kinship caregivers, and reunifying families, so every child gets a room that says: you belong here.

WHAT WE BELIEVE

Room to Belong isn't just about furniture — it's about dignity through choice. Every family we work with helps guide the style, color, and feel of their own space, because being asked "what do you like?" can be its own kind of healing. Through partnerships with furniture and bedding companies, we're able to stretch every dollar further and bring more kids home to a room built just for them.

OUR IMPACT

45 Room Makeovers Done and Counting. Each room we've transformed tells the same story twice — a bedroom transformed on the outside, and a young person transformed on the inside. The peeling paint becomes a mural of their favorite colors. The bare mattress becomes a bed they helped design. And the walls that once meant nothing become the first walls that ever felt like home.

WHO WE SERVE

  • Young adults aging out of the foster care system

  • Foster youth entering a new placement, often with nothing of their own

  • Children in kinship (next-of-kin) care, whose caregivers stepped in with little notice or support

  • Biological mothers being reunified with their children, rebuilding a home together

  • Biological fathers achieving reunification and preparing a space for their children's return

MEET DAMIAN

Damian's story doesn't follow a straight line. He’s been in foster care since he turned ten. Through all of it, he held onto the things that kept him grounded — building computers, playing basketball — even while some part of him always knew another move was coming. Rather than let that instability define him, Damian made a choice: to model his life the opposite of what he'd observed. Today he's a biology major, working toward a future he built for himself. His room makeover became more than a redesign — it became proof that someone still believed in that future, too.

PARTNER WITH US

We invite furniture stores, local businesses, foster care agencies, and individual donors to join this work — sponsoring a room, providing furniture or design services, funding a family's story, or referring a child in need. Every partner is honored publicly, alongside the family they helped. Will You Help Us Give a Child a Room to Belong?
Every gift — of any size — moves us closer to the next child waiting for their moment.

“I never thought it was possible to make a difference in the world, but Now I Am Known AS a beacon of light and hope that proves good things are possible.

PETER HAS BEEN FEATURED IN

SUPPORT

Our Foundation's Objectives and How You Can Help

There are hundreds of thousands of vulnerable children in foster care, but that means there are TONS of opportunities for you to get involved as an advocate!

  • Research local organizations and ask how you can support foster families in your community

  • Become informed about foster care (subscribe at the bottom of this page!)

  • Like and share our message on social media to raise awareness of the vulnerable children in the system naturally

  • Grab some words-of-affirmation swag and other merchandise from our gift shop to support the Mutabazi family

  • Support our foundation (the foundation allows Peter to be a full-time foster dad AND advocate for other foster children!)

Our founder was once a street kid refugee until a stranger took him in. Our mission is to see every foster child know their worth and experience love and acceptance in this world (hopefully, in the home of a loving family!)

Will you step in to support our foundation's work to see every child experience a loving family?