My Name is
Awumbe

Awumbe
Awumbe and his brother and sister, Atimbil and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010. Awumbe soon developed into a happy and funny little boy who has a special ability to brighten everyone’s day with his huge smile. Awumbe attends a special school that helps him with his learning challenges. He loves to dance at church, home, and school whenever praise songs are played. "Today Is The Day The Lord Has Made" is Awumbe's favorite song.
DOB: Nov 3, 2008
Samuel
Samuel’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Philemon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Christina
Christina arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2008 shortly after her mother's death.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Namukolo
Namukolo and his brother, Clifford, lived with his parents in a small rural village before their mother died in 2010. The father abandoned them and...
Dadi
Dadi arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Jehu
Jehu's mother died of yellow fever and his father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Gabriel
Gabriel's father abandoned the family and his mother did not recover from the C-section she had when he was born. Since that time he lived with...
Kalkidan
Kalkidan was abandoned at a very young age, so his elderly grandparents cared for him.
Sophie
Sophie was found abandoned and malnourished as young child.
Kevin
Kevin was found in the central district of Nairobi by the local police in December 2001. He was brought to a children’s home to wait while the...
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Sharon
Sharon's mother is deceased and her father is unknown.
Anna
Anna arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006, a year after both her parents died.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old, and his father is unknown.
Gladys
Gladys is a double orphan. Her mother died in 2006, and her father died in 2007.
Pross
Prossy lost her father to AIDS at age four, and her mother was unable to care for her due to severe mental illness.
Rosemary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Bethel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Eden
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Isaac
Isaac’s mother died an hour after she gave birth to him, and his father shortly abandoned him after he was born.
Afia
Afia arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.