My Name is
Mwawi
Mwawi
Mwawi's mother died two weeks after delivering him and his twin brother. After being placed in a crisis nursery, Mwawi's twin also passed away. Social welfare services contacted the Rafiki Foundation to care for Mwawi. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2015 and happily settled into his new home. Mwawi soon proved to be an energetic and enthusiastic student who is often the first to raise his hand and respond with the right answer. Mwawi knows that God loves him and sent his Son to die for his sins. He thanks God for his teachers, who speak often about Jesus and encourage their students using God's Word.
DOB: Jun 19, 2013
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After the death of her parents, Adella lived with her single aunt.
Dativa
Dativa and her half sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown.
Yordanos
Yordanos’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandfather, in 2006.
Beauregard
Beauregard’s mother died soon after giving birth to him in November, 2006.
Zachariah
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Francine
Francine arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Jeremiah
Before Jeremiah arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011, he lived at a children's home in Moshi for four years with no known family.
Sharon
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Darris
Darris's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
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.
Theresia
Theresia and her twin sister, Aurelia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after their mother died of cancer.
Anna
Anna arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006, a year after both her parents died.
Vincent
Vincent’s parents passed away by the time he was four years old.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel (Kobby) and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
Alice
Alice’s parents both died by 2005 and she was left in the care of her eighteen-year-old brother.
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was cared for by a pastor of a small Baptist church and his wife after his mother died.
Eva
Eva and her brother Lemmy were living with their grandmother, who attempted to feed the children on a daily basis but often was not able to.
Brino
Brino and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him with no one to care for him.
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her.
Josiah
Josiah's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.