My Name is
Adella
Adella
After the death of her parents, Adella lived with her single aunt. Though she tried, her aunt could not provide for Adella's basic needs. Adella and her cousin Aneth arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2005. Adella is a conscientious, excellent student. She has high goals for herself and plans to work hard to achieve them. Adella is an avid reader and is often found with a book. She has also taken up the sport of basketball and is enjoying playing with the other girls. Adella is sure of her salvation because she trusts in Christ as her Lord and Savior.
DOB: Oct 10, 2004
Sarah
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Hebron
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Moses
Moses was left as an orphan after his mother was killed in a traffic accident. His father remains unknown.
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Stephena
Stephena's father was killed by lightning and her mother died, along with Stephena's twin, while giving birth.
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Jonathan
Not much is known about Jonathan’s parents.
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Bernice
Bernice was in the care of her paternal uncle before arriving at the Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Jonathan
John’s mother died in 2003 in a drowning accident, and his father died later that same year. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2005.
Ellen
Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November of 2010.
Kalkidan
Kalkidan was abandoned at a very young age, so his elderly grandparents cared for him.
Candace
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Sharon
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Godiya
Godiya’s father died before she was born, and her mother died when she was a year old.
Caleb
Caleb’s parents died when he was four years old, and his relatives were unable to care for him because they are impoverished and relied on...
Ben
Before arriving at the Rafiki village, Ben and his five siblings lived with their grandmother, along with her six children, in a one-room house.
Bethany
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Gideon
Gideon's parents were killed in 2010 when mudslides buried their village and the families living there.
Yesunesh
Yesunesh was born in Mojo, Ethiopia. Her father died when she was only a few months old, and her mother abandoned her few months after that.
Rachel
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Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.