My Name is
Bernice
Bernice
After the death of their parents, Bernice and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt. Though she tried, their aunt could not properly care for them. She was unable to feed and care for the girls and going to school was out of the question. Bernice and her sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2011. Bernice enjoys studying math and science because she wants to grow up and be a nurse. She wants to help others and teach them how to be healthy. Bernice's favorite hymn is "Trust and Obey" because it reminds her to trust and obey her God in heaven.
DOB: Dec 5, 2007
Sam
An aunt cared for Sam after his mother and father died of an illness in 2010.
Awumbe
Awumbe and his brother and sister, Atimbil and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Samuel
Samuel’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Clementine
Clementine was brought to her uncle in 2009 after both her parents died of sickness
Juliet Babirye
Juliet and her twin brother Kato were brought to a babies' home as young children after they were abandoned by their mother and father.
Timothy
Timothy was orphaned as an infant and brought to a babies' home in Kitui in 1997.
Grace
Grace's parents are both deceased. As an infant, she was in the care of an aunt who soon was unable to care for her properly.
Juliet
Juliet lost her mother in 2003 and her father in 2004. She was then put in the care of an aunt who could not care for her basic needs. She arrived...
Titus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gerald
After the death of both Gerald’s parents, he was living with his older sister.
Dereck
Dereck and his twin sister, Diana, were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Rich
Rich’s mother died in 2011, and his father abandoned him.
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned when she was just one week old.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandparents shortly after her birth.
Blessing
Blessing lost her father before she was born, and her mother ran away in 2000 and was returned to the village dead two years later.
Leonard
Leonard is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Boniface, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Abraham
Abraham's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Wesen, eighteen months later.
Olivier
Both of Olivier’s parents died—his father before he was born and his mother a year after his birth.
Martha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dorcas/Deborah
Deborah's parents and siblings went missing during religious riots in Jos, Nigeria.
Lusia
After Lusia's mother died, she lived with her aunt
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007, and his father died some years before that.
Martha
After the death of her parents, Martha and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.