My Name is
Alex
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness. He and his mother were barely surviving on the food grown in their small garden. Alex's situation was brought before social welfare services, and they then referred him to Rafiki. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2006. Alex is now a hard-working student. He understands that Jesus died for his sins, and he trusts that Jesus has kept him alive.
DOB: Jan 9, 2003
Vivian
Vivian’s mother was mentally ill, and her father was unknown.
Aaron
Aaron lived with his grandmother before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia
Brighton
Brighton came to the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 along with his older brother Petros after the death of their parents.
Mercy
After both Mercy's parents died, she was placed in the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Now, Mercy has graduated from the Rafiki School.
Matias
After his mother died in 2009, Matias lived with his grandmother.
Fortuna
Fortuna and her brother Surafel were left in their uncle's care when their mother and father died.
Caleb
Caleb’s mother was placed in prison when he was young child, and his father is unknown.
Gideon
Gideon's parents were killed in 2010 when mudslides buried their village and the families living there.
Jacob
Jacob is a double orphan. He lived with his aunt for a time after his parents died.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned him in 2008.
Ruth
After the death of their parents, Ruth and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Abenezer
Abenezer was just fifteen days old when his teenage mother gave him over to his grandmother.
Daniel
Daniel and his brother were orphaned after their parents died.
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Micheal
When he was two months old, Michael was abandoned at a shop in Kampala, Uganda. Michael then came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in February of 2005.
Leah
Leah was abandoned as a baby, and her parents remain unknown.
Tracy
Both Tracy's (Tamar’s) parents died of illness in 2002.
Abel
After Abel's mother was killed in a car accident, an elderly neighbor brought Abel into her home.
Pamela
Pamela and her brother, Francis, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Peace
Peace and her sister, Gift, were orphaned in 2010 when their father died of AIDs.
Dereck
Dereck and his twin sister, Diana, were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel’s mother died in 2007, and his father drowned in a river while fishing in 2009.
Abraham
Abraham’s mother died when he was just nine months old.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.