My Name is
Austin
Austin
Austin’s parents died leaving him an orphan at just one year old. He went to live with an aunt in Monrovia, but she struggled to care for him and provide for his basic needs. When she learned about the Rafiki Foundation, she contacted social welfare to find more information. Austin was accepted into the Village and arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2010. Austin soon overcame his shyness and proved to be a kind and compassionate young man. He enjoys studying computers and hopes to become an IT specialist after he graduates. Austin praises God for the atoning sacrifice of Christ Jesus and prays that he will learn more about God as he studies his Bible daily.
DOB: Jul 17, 2008
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Blessed
Blessed’s mother abandoned her four days after her birth at the Kakamega Provincial General Hospital.
Martin
Martin was abandoned in May 2002 when he was two years old. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2004.
Leah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nasha
Nasha, her sister, and cousin were in their grandmother's care after her father's death.
Tapiwa
When Tapiwa and her three sisters lost their parents in 2010, they were placed in the care of their widowed grandmother.
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Janet
Janet is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Ezekiel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ruth
Ruth’s mother brought her to the nursery of a hospital for an exam and then abandoned her there.
George
George was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage.
John
John’s father died a few years before his mother passed away in 2007.
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.
Eve
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Vincent
Vincent’s parents passed away by the time he was four years old.
Lucy
After Lucy's parents died in 2011, she lived with an unemployed uncle and his children until Social Welfare contacted the Rafiki Foundation in 2012...
Theresa
Theresa’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Josephine.
Catherine
Catherine’s mother died in 2005, and her father committed suicide in 2008.
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned by both her parents at birth and brought to the state-run orphanage in Jos, Nigeria.
Irene
After being abandoned by their parents, Irene and her twin sister, Dorine, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother.
Charles
After the death of their father, Charles and his brother, Denis, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small, one-room house.
Boaz
Boaz's mother lacked the mental and physical faculties to adequately care for him. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2008.
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.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.