My Name is
Benjamin
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War. A kind woman found him and he stayed with her family after she found him, but she struggled to care for him and her other children. The Red Cross approached the Ministry of Social Welfare for help, and they recommended placement with Rafiki. Benjamin now thrives in his home at the Rafiki Village Liberia. Ben loves to learn new things. He hopes to be a mechanic when he grows up. In his free time, he is always eager to learn how to fix or build different things in the workshop. He knows that Jesus is the only person who will never let him down. He continues to grow spiritually as he reads his Bible every day and strives to imitate Christ.
DOB: Jul 7, 2003
Livingstone
After the death of both his parents, Livingstone lived with his grandfather.
Chipo
Chipo’s parents died in a tragic bus accident. Chipo's mother was pregnant with her at the time of the bus accident, and she lived just long enough...
John
John’s mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Catherine
Catherine was abandoned immediately after she was born.
Jummai
Both Jummai's parents died within two years of each other, and Jummai and her brother Ezekiel were left to be raised by her grandmother.
Dadi
Dadi arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Reuben
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Uwase
Uwase arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
Ermias
Ermias' mother was mentally handicapped. She abandoned Ermias and his sister, Mehiret, and gave them to the care of their impoverished grandmother.
Amelia
Amelia and her sister, Jamesetta, and brother, Jimmy, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning her infant.
Francesca
Francesca's mentally ill mother often left her and her two siblings unattended for days at a time.
Gracious
Gracious’s mother died of stomach cancer shortly after giving birth to her.
Silas
Silas arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Uchizi
Uchizi and his twin sister had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown
Luka
Luka's mother died when he was a young child, and his father abandoned him.
Khumbo
Khumbo's mother died in 2007 when he was two years old, and his father’s whereabouts remain unknown.
Etsub
Etsub and her brother, Robel, lived with their mother before she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Grace
Grace arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Austin
Both of Austin’s parents died when he was a young child.
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both of his parents at birth and was being cared for by a state-run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three,...
Frank
After the death of his parents, Frank's grandmother took care of him and his brother, James.
Thomas
Both Thomas's parents died from unknown causes when he was a young child, and the people in his village were unable to provide sufficient care for...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.