My Name is
Adele

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 disease. He was unemployed and unable to pay his medical bills. He appealed to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare for Adele and her brother, Teeweh, to be placed in a good facility for care and education. In March 2012, they arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia. Adele enjoys studying math and science. She hopes to use her interest in math and science to be an astronaut when she grows up. She enjoys reading the Bible, and her faith has grown by being faithful in prayer. Adele's favorite hymn is "Take My Life and Let It Be."
DOB: Dec 24, 2008
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Christine
Christine was found abandoned and was admitted to a babies' home in September 2004.
Serena
Serena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Serena and her twin sister, Rena.
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
James
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Kwaku
Kwaku’s mother died nine days after giving birth to him and his twin sister.
James
James’ mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, Joseph.
Simeon
In 2009, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare closed an orphanage due to adoption violations.
Ebenezer
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Leah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Florence
Florence arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Ruth
Ruth’s mother abandoned her and placed her in the care of her elderly grandmother.
Zachariah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Abigail
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jane
Jane and her twin brother Jimmy were brought to a police station after their mother died in a local hospital.
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Mapalo
Mapalo’s is a double orphan; her mother died in 2006, and her father died in 2008.
Leah
Leah has been an orphan since 2003.
Jessica
Jessica was found abandoned as an infant at a community school on September 14, 2009 and was taken to the police station.
Nikolas
After both Nikolas's parents died when he was a young child, his ailing grandmother referred him to the Rafiki Foundation. He arrived at the Rafiki...
Erica
Erica and her sister, Priscilla, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
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.
Jummai
Both Jummai's parents died within two years of each other, and Jummai and her brother Ezekiel were left to be raised by her grandmother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.