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
Frank
After the death of his parents, Frank's grandmother took care of him and his brother, James.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Ruth
After the death of their parents, Ruth and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Naomi
Naomi’s father died when she was a year old.
Munyithya
Munyithya's father died four months after he was born, and his mother followed eighteen months later before his second birthday.
Rabson
Rabson and his brother, Vincent, lived with their grandmother after their parents died in 2011.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned her when she was one month old.
Winnie
After her mother died, Winnie was sent to live with her uncle.
Korah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Phoebe
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...
Charity
Both of Charity's parents were killed during riots in Jos, Nigeria.
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...
Barakael
Barakael's mother died when he was one year old, and his father is unknown.
Janvier
Janvier arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Jerome
Jerome was abandoned at a local hospital in Kampala, Uganda in 2005.
Tiwonge
Tiwonge first arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Tabitha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Racheal
Racheal's birth mother has never been located. Her father took another wife, abandoned Racheal, and never returned. She arrived at the Rafiki...
Martin
Martin was abandoned in May 2002 when he was two years old. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2004.
Elizabeth
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nancy
Nancy was placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
Loveness
Loveness is a double orphan; her mother died just ten months after she was born, and her father died some time before that.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.