My Name is
Brenda
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison. She and her twin sister Belis have an uncle who was unable to properly care for them. The girls were referred to the Rafiki Village Kenya and arrived together in 2006. Brenda is industrious, committed, and shows interest in physical education. She especially enjoys volleyball, soccer, and shot-put. She has also developed an increased interest in language arts, especially literature and grammar. She has learned from the Rafiki Bible Study that she must be at peace with others, encourage the fainthearted, and be patient with everyone.
DOB: Nov 12, 2002
Alexander
After his parents died, Alexander was placed in the care of a man in his village.
Sharon
Sharon's mother is deceased and her father is unknown.
Sandra
Sandra lived in her uncle's care after her parent's death.
Hope
Hope’s mother died of AIDs shortly after Hope was born, and her father is unknown to the family.
Silas
Silas arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Jane
Jane and her twin brother Jimmy were brought to a police station after their mother died in a local hospital.
Clinton
After the death of their parents, Clinton and his sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009.
Etsub
Etsub and her brother, Robel, lived with their mother before she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Samson
At a very young age, Samson was abandoned and taken to a local orphanage.
Sindani
Sindani and her two older sisters were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their parents.
Josiah
Josiah's mother is deceased, and his father remains unknown. He and his twin brother Joseph arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2003.
Aida
Aida was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by the Katherine Hines Ministries, a local orphanage in Kampala.
Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was unable to care for him and abandoned him.
Peace
Peace and her sister, Gift, were orphaned in 2010 when their father died of AIDs.
William
William was brought to a hospital with head injuries in August 2003.
Uchizi
Uchizi and his twin sister had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown
Philip
Philip’s mother died in childbirth, and his father died of cancer in 2005.
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned when she was just one week old.
Daniel
Daniel and his sister, Miriam, were placed in the care of their with their grandfather when their parents died.
Prince
Prince and his two brothers, Randy and Emmanuel, were abandoned by their mother as young children. Prince and his brothers arrived at the Rafiki...
Lorine
Lorine was referred to the Rafiki Village Kenya by The Nairobi Children's Home, the orphanage her aunt placed her in as a young child, and she...
Joseph
Joseph's mother was disabled, and they were internally displaced as a result of the 2007-post-presidential elections violence.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.