My Name is
Naomi
Naomi
Naomi’s father died when she was a year old. Her mother is also deceased. She and her sister, Eden, went to live with their uncle. He had several children of his own and was also his grandfather's caretaker. Overburdened with many to care for and with little means to do so, the uncle worked with social welfare to send Naomi and Eden to the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Naomi is now a good student who likes school. Naomi has learned to trust God simply because of who He is. She is grateful for the love that God shows her, and she marvels at God's faithfulness and how he never goes back on a promise.
DOB: Jul 6, 2000
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Joseph
Very little is known about Joseph's early years, except that his mother died and his father abandoned him.
Alice
Alice’s parents both died by 2005 and she was left in the care of her eighteen-year-old brother.
Aaron
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Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
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.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Faustin
Faustin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Michelle
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Kilonzi
Kilonzi arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya with his older brother Mumo in 2006.
Gideon
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Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead.
Olivia
Olivia and her twin sister, Gloria, were placed in the care of their uncle after their father died.
Adele
Adele’s father struggled under the weight of caring for a young son with cerebral palsy, the children’s blind grandmother, and his own kidney...
Salvio
Salvio's mother died shortly after giving birth to him. His neighbors tried to help but had six children of their own and were unable to adequately...
Caleb
Caleb’s mother was placed in prison when he was young child, and his father is unknown.
Felix
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Lusia
After Lusia's mother died, she lived with her aunt.
Karen
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Juliet
Both of Juliet’s parents died when she was about two years old. She was then placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Hilda
Hilda was abandoned when she was two years old.
Jordan
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Gloria
Gloria and her twin sister Olivia were abandoned and given to a paternal uncle when their father died.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.