My Name is
Brian
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 Kenya. He arrived at the Village in 2004. “Cheru” is a hard-working student who takes the initiative to go more than the extra mile. He is a humble, honest, trustworthy student, and an outstanding athlete in soccer.
DOB: Sep 4, 2000
Emmanuel
Emmanuel and his sister, Mary, were born to a mentally-ill mother who lacked the mental and physical faculties to care for them, and their father...
Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Paul
Both of Paul's parents died when he was four years old, and he was then placed in the care of his impoverished grandmother.
Mehiret
Before coming to Rafiki, Mehiret lived with her maternal grandmother.
Lulu
Lulu was abandoned at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center when she was born.
Kefas
Kafes’s father died a few months before he was born, and his mother died when he was two years old.
Robert
Robert’s father admitted him to the hospital due to malnutrition in 2001.
Francis
Francis and his sister, Pamela, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Rebecca
Rebecca’s mother died and her father was killed when she was a young child.
Nahom
Nahom’s mother died when he was just nine months old, and his father died when he was twenty months old.
Scovia
Scovia’s parents died within two years of each other, and their cause of death is unknown.
David
David's mother died in 2003 while giving birth, and his father's whereabouts remain unknown.
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
Akua
In 2007, Akua’s mother and father both died of illness a few months apart.
Barakael
Barakael's mother died when he was one year old, and his father is unknown.
Theresa
Theresa was abandoned at seven months old by her mother at a shop in downtown Monrovia, Liberia.
Gadissa
Gadissa, along with his sister Feyise, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Job Ayuba
Job was orphaned when his mother died in 2003. His father passed away two years earlier.
Martey
Martey and his sisters, Selom and Francesca, were often left unattended for days at a time by their mentally ill mother.
Jack
Jack is a double orphan who was living with his impoverished grandmother.
Shadreck
After the death of his parents, Shadreck was in the care of an impoverished widow could not properly feed him.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Linda
Linda’s parents died in 2006, and she and her sister, Beatrice, were then left in the care of their aunt.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.