My Name is
Mary
Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her sisters lived with their aunt. Though she tried, the girls' aunt was unable to feed them and provide for their basic needs. She asked the Rafiki Foundation for help. Mary and her sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009. Mary soon proved to be a polite and respectful young lady. She loves to sing, and her favorite hymn is "The Lord is My Shepherd" because it reminds her that God is in control. She continues to pray for God's wisdom as she goes through life.
DOB: Jan 27, 2007
Ruth
Both of Ruth's parents are deceased. She and her brother Christopher lived with their grandmother before she sought help from social welfare...
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Adella
After the death of her parents, Adella lived with her single aunt.
Ezekiel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Obadiah
Obadiah was found abandoned as a small child in 2006 in Paynesville, Liberia.
Frank
Both Frank's parents died shortly after his birth.
Lulu
Lulu was abandoned at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center when she was born.
Austin
Both of Austin’s parents died when he was a young child.
Eden
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mary
Mary and her sister Rachael arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Eric
Eric and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
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.
Naomi
Naomi and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Charles
After the death of their father, Charles and his brother, Denis, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small, one-room house.
Joseph
Joseph's mother was disabled, and they were internally displaced as a result of the 2007-post-presidential elections violence.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry.
Tabitha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nahom
When Nahom was just three years old, his mother died of a sudden illness, and after the mourning period, his father abandoned him.
Adeline
Adeline arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Paul
Paul's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Isaac, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012.
Sara
Sara's mother abandoned her when she was an infant, and her father remains unknown.
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006, and she and two other children were cared for by her grandmother who was 96 at the time.
Brian
Brian’s mother died at childbirth, and his father remains unknown. Brian was then placed in an orphanage about four hours from the Rafiki Village...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.