My Name is
Alexander
Alexander
Both Alex's parents are deceased. He came to live in the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2003. He soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and family environment at the Village. Alex is a good student who likes school. He does well in computer, history, and civics classes. Alexander intentionally pursues the Word of God and seeks to reflect Christ. He prays to become a man after God's own heart.
DOB: Jul 11, 1998
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Fred
Fred and his two brothers Champ and George were placed in the care of an elderly woman because their mother, who had physical disabilities, could...
Margaret
Margaret’s mother died when she was an infant.
John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him with no one to care for him.
Uchizi
Uchizi and his twin sister had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown
Claire
Not much is known about Claire's background or family.
Denise
When Denise was one month old, she was abandoned at the Kenyatta National hospital.
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both of his parents at birth and was being cared for by a state-run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three,...
Sharon
Sharon was found abandoned as a small child.
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him after the death of his parents.
Hillary
Hillary was found abandoned in the Moshi area when he was just four months old.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was cared for by a pastor of a small Baptist church and his wife after his mother died.
Kirk
Kirk was found abandoned at the police lines in the city of Nairobi, Kenya.
Joseph Owen
Owen and his three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Jonathan
Not much is known about Jonathan’s parents.
Loveness
Loveness is a double orphan; her mother died just ten months after she was born, and her father died some time before that.
Deborah
Deborah’s parents were living in Uganda when they both died from an illness. Deborah and her sister Jane were then brought to Rwanda.
Winnie
Winnie's young mother died while giving birth to her, and her father died after being hit by a car.
Polycarp
Polycarp was abandoned at the age of four and placed into a baby's home.
Jeremiah
At two months of age, Jeremiah was abandoned at a local hospital.
Mapalo
Mapalo’s grandmother was caring for ten of her grandchildren as well as four of her own children.
Anna
Anna arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006, a year after both her parents died.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.