Rafiki Foundation | Training Africans to Transform Africa for Christ
My Name is
Baraka
Baraka
Baraka’s mother abandoned him and his father is unknown. He was living with his impoverished grandparents, but they have little income and could not provide for his basic needs or schooling. Social Welfare, his grandparents, and the Rafiki staff agreed that the best place for Baraka was at Rafiki Village Tanzania. Baraka has made a big transition this term from Grade 3 to Grade 4. This is the transition that usually gives the child the message that school is now a serious matter. Baraka has done well in the transition. By working hard on in reading and spelling, Baraka can do well in all academic subjects. He is preparing for his Grade 4 national exam this year, so he needs to learn to work on memorization for his national subjects. He will do well, but he needs to learn that working on schoolwork has benefits.
DOB: Jun 6, 2008
Edwin
Edwin’s father abandoned to his uncle, a farmer who grows cassava and keeps pigs and a goat. The environment was not conducive for Edwin to grow...
Brino
Brino and his brother Kenny’s mother died of an illness and the father of the two boys is unknown. Their elderly grandmother cared for them for...
Jummai
Both parents died within two years of each other and Jummai was left to be raised by her grandmother. Social welfare was concerned with her...
Margaret
Margaret’s mother died when she was an infant. She was taken to a babies' home with her twin sister, Catherine, in June 2000. Margaret and...
Mubiana
Mubiana's mother died shortly after he was born and his father abandoned him. Baby Mubiana was first placed in a short term orphan care facility...
Theresia
Theresia and and her twin sister Aurelia came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer. Theresia...
Adam
Adam is a double orphan. His mother and father died of malaria in 2007. When Adam’s parents died, the family members divided the siblings. Adam...
Paul
Paul’s father died during the religious riots that occurred in Jos in 2001. His mother is also deceased. Paul and his brother Felix came to the...
Alex
Alex lost both his parents to terminal illnesses in 2003 and 2004. He was placed in the care of his uncle. He was not able to care for Alex, and...
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years at an orphanage in Tanzania. They contacted the Rafiki Foundation about long term...
Yeabsira
Yeabisira's mother left him with her brother when he was around one year old, and his father is unknown. he was given to a single uncle who worked...
Mary
Mary was referred to Rafiki by an orphanage about four hours away from Rafiki Village Kenya. She has been at the babies’ home since she was two...
Simeon
In 2009, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare closed an orphanage due to adoption violations. Thirty-five children were removed from the...
Nancy
The father of Nancy died before she reached four years of age and her mother has died from a fatal illness. Before her mother's death she wanted...
Efe
Efe was taken from her mother who had been roaming the streets. Her mother was admitted to a local mental hospital for treatment and Efe was taken...
James
After the death of his parents, Jame's grandmother took care of him and his brother Frank. Because of poor health she was afraid that she would not...
Kelvin
Kelvin and his sister had been in the care of their grandparents since the death of their mother and father. The grandparents found it difficult to...
Eva
Eva and her brother Lemmy were living with their grandmother, who attempted to feed the children on a daily basis but often was not able. Often the...
Dorcas/Deborah
Deborah lived happily with her parents until the year 2001 (she was three years old) when her parents and three siblings went missing during the...
Tracy
Tamar’s father died in 2002 of whooping cough and several months later her mother died after a brief period of illness. Tamar was staying with a...
Wilson
Wilson’s mother and father died and left him and his sister in the care of an uncle. He cared for them since the time that they were small...
Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown. He and his two siblings, Naomi and John, had been in the care of their blind grandmother...
Jeremiah
Jeremiah arrived at Rafiki Village Uganda in March 2013. He was in a difficult home situation before his arrival at the Village. A family member...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned near a police station. He was then brought to the AIC orphanage in Mogogosiek, an orphanage about four hours away from the...
Copyright 2018 by Rafiki Foundation • Design by WMTEK & Powered by Site Stacker • Privacy Policy