My Name is
Blessed
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Blessed
Blessed’s mother abandoned her four days after her birth at the Kakamega Provincial General Hospital. The hospital social worker reported the case to the police for investigation, but the police were not able to trace her mother. She was admitted to a babies' home that then contacted Rafiki. Blessed arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2007. Blessed is organized and enjoys writing. Her best subjects are math and science. She has learned that Jesus is the perfecter and founder of our faith. She continues to pray for strong faith, diligence in her studies, and gratitude for God's blessings.
DOB: Jul 17, 2005
Gabriel
After Gabriel's father died in 2006, his ailing mother contacted social welfare services to intervene in her son's life.
Esther
Esther's father died in 2004, and her mother died six months later.
Leah
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Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Aquila
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Hillary
Hillary was found abandoned in the Moshi area when he was just four months old.
Deborah
Deborah and her sister and cousin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Gabriela
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Samson
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Derrick
Derrick was referred to Rafiki by a local children's ministry.
Leah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Moses
Moses was left as an orphan after his mother was killed in a traffic accident. His father remains unknown.
Celestina
Celestina and her sister, Esther, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Isaiah
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Witness
Witness lived most of her early life in an orphanage.
Mathew
Erick
Erick’s mother died a few hours after he was born due to complications with his delivery.
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, James.
Anna
Anna arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006, a year after both her parents died.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old.
Yordanos
Yordanos’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandfather, in 2006.
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Nicole
Nicole's mother abandoned her and her father remains unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.