My Name is
Blessed
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
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Denise
When Denise was one month old, she was abandoned at the Kenyatta National hospital.
Jummai
Both Jummai's parents died within two years of each other, and Jummai and her brother Ezekiel were left to be raised by her grandmother.
Irene
After being abandoned by their parents, Irene and her twin sister, Dorine, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother.
Bertha
Bertha lost both of her parents to an illness.
Bulus
Bulus and his brother, Mika, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Edda
Orphaned at birth, Edda lived with her grandparents when she was a small child.
Mwawi
Mwawi's mother died two weeks after delivering him and his twin brother.
Luke
Luke’s father was a soldier and died before he turned three.
Marie
Marie is a double orphan. Her father died in 2006 of an illness, and her mother died a year later also from an illness.
Memory
Memory’s mother died four days after her birth.
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was six months old, his mother took him to visit her cousin.
Francis
Francis and his sister, Pamela, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Brian
Brian’s mother died at childbirth, and his father remains unknown. Brian was then placed in an orphanage about four hours from the Rafiki Village...
Josephine
Josephine and her sister Tendo were living in a local hospital in Kampala for some time. They were then placed in a temporary home for abandoned...
Tendo
After Tendo and her two sisters, Christina and Peace, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
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...
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Hannah
Both of Hannah's parents are deceased. Her father passed away two years after she was born and her mother died a year later.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel’s mother died in 2007, and his father drowned in a river while fishing in 2009.
Mary
Mary and her brother, Emmanuel, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002.
Moses
The death of Moses's father left six orphans.
Naomi
Naomi and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.