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
Caroline
Caroline's parents died within one year of each other before she turned three years old.
Zachariah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Yordanos
After their father died and their mother abandoned them, Yordanos and her younger brother lived with their grandmother. Their grandmother could not...
Champ
Champ's mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jacob
Jacob is a double orphan. He lived with his aunt for a time after his parents died.
Sensee
Sensee’s mother died three days after giving birth to her.
Donatha
Donatha’s life began in difficulty. Because Donatha's mother died when she was young, and her father abandoned her shortly after, she has never...
Valante
Valante's mother died of complications while giving birth to him, and his father died shortly after her.
Linda
Linda's parents died in 2004. She was living with relatives for a time, but they found they could not provide for her and her brother, Caleb.
Mwaka
Mwaka’s aunt cared for her after the death of her parents.
Centia
Centia’s father died before she was born, and her mother died when she was about seven months old.
John Mueke
Very few details are known about John. His mother is deceased and his father is presumed to be as well.
Esther
When Esther’s parents passed away, she was placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Michelle
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mabel
Mabel, her brother, and her sister moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010.
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Tizeta
Tizeta was abandoned by her mother, and her father is unknown.
Christina
After Christina and her two sisters, Peace and Tendo, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister Phiona arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2005.
Mapalo
Mapalo’s grandmother was caring for ten of her grandchildren as well as four of her own children.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.