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
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Morris
Morris’ was brought to an orphanage in Kitui in April, 2003 after both his parents died.
Gifty
Gifty arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in June of 2009.
Beauregard
Beauregard’s mother died soon after giving birth to him in November, 2006.
Gelane
Gelane’s parents died two years apart from one another.
Deogloriosio
Deo's parents are both deceased, making him a double orphan. His father died right before he was born and his mother soon after.
Tabitha
Tabitha was left in the care of her elderly grandparents after her mother died.
Kefas
Kafes’s father died a few months before he was born, and his mother died when he was two years old.
Adam
Adam is a double orphan. His mother and father died of malaria in 2007.
Abigail
Abigail was abandoned in the annex of a Nairobi hospital grounds.
Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her brother, Clinton, were placed in the care of their grandparents.
Mary
Mary was placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
Alice
Both Alice's mother and father died in 2005, and her grandparents were also deceased.
Naomi
Naomi’s mother abandoned her, and her father is unknown. She and her two siblings, John and Michael, were in the care of their blind grandmother...
Mubiana
Mubiana's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father abandoned him.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Augustine
Augustine, his twin brother Augustus, and older brother Gideon, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Kalkidan
Kalkidan was abandoned at a very young age, so his elderly grandparents cared for him.
Juliet
Juliet Faith was found abandoned in a remote area outside of Nairobi, Kenya.
Vivian
Vivian’s mother was mentally ill, and her father was unknown.
Spencer
Both of Spencer's parents are deceased, and he was living with his elderly, impoverished grandmother in a desperate situation.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.