My Name is
Jacob
Jacob
Jacob first arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006 after the death of his parents. Jacob is now an excellent student who likes school. He strives to work hard in school and to be a good example to other boys in the Village. He enjoys singing tenor in the Rafiki choir. He would like to study computer engineering someday. Jacob continues to grow closer to God through His Word.
DOB: Oct 25, 2002
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old, and his father is unknown.
Esau
Esau's mother died while delivering his younger brother, Isaac, and his father died the next year in a car accident.
Rachael
Rachael and her sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010.
Leah
Leah was abandoned as a baby, and her parents remain unknown.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Joshua
Joshua was abandoned by his sixteen-year-old mother.
Polycarp
Polycarp was abandoned at the age of four and placed into a baby's home.
Mary
Mary and her brother, Emmanuel, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002.
Jennifer
Jennifer's parents passed away in 2004. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in March 2007.
Gertrude
Gertrude (Trudy) was orphaned after her father and mother died within a year of each other.
Furahini
Furahini and her sister, Scolastika, lived with their grandmother after their mother disappeared.
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Lazarus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Irene
After both her mother and father abandoned her, Irene lived with her grandmother for a time.
Beatrice
Beatrice’s mother was mentally ill and living on the streets.
Simon
When just an infant, Simon was found abandoned near a hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Jimmy
Jimmy and his two sisters, Jamesetta and Amelia, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Theresa
Theresa was abandoned at seven months old by her mother at a shop in downtown Monrovia, Liberia.
Timothy
Timothy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local orphanage in Kampala, Uganda after he was abandoned and given to his grandmother as an...
Ezekiel
Both Ezekiel's parents died within two years of each other, and Ezekiel was left to be raised by his grandmother.
Kwasi
Kwasi and his twin sister, Akosua, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2009.
Abigail
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.