My Name is
Comfort
Comfort
Both of Comfort’s parents died when she was a young child. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004 and soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving environment at the Village. Comfort is a good student who enjoys school. She is considering studying one of the sciences at a university someday. Comfort says she experiences God's presence more and more each day as she studies His Word.
DOB: Oct 29, 2001
Clarisse
Clarisse's elderly grandmother cared for her since her birth.
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Gritty
After both of Gritty's parents died, she arrived at Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Erick
Erick lived with his impoverished uncle who could not provide for his needs before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Wesen
Wesen's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Abraham, eighteen months later.
Praise
Praise's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father abandoned him.
Atsu
Atsu arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Christine
Christine was found abandoned and was admitted to a babies' home in September 2004.
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac.
Ester
Ester was in the care of her impoverished grandmother after her parents died of a fatal illness.
John
John’s father had been deceased for a few years when his mother died in 2007.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandparents shortly after her birth.
Alinafe
Alinafe is a double orphan who was in the care of her elderly grandparents.
Kyle
Kyle was abandoned by his father shortly after he was born.
Carol
Carol lived with her grandmother after her mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for her, and her father abandoned the family when she...
Mercy
Mercy’s mother passed away some time in 2003, and her father remains unknown.
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Michael
Michael’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and his father died after an accident.
Kevin
Kevin was found in the central district of Nairobi by the local police in December 2001. He was brought to a children’s home to wait while the...
Timothy
Timothy was orphaned as an infant and brought to a babies' home in Kitui in 1997.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father disappeared after her mother's death.
Gabriel
After Gabriel's father died in 2006, his ailing mother contacted social welfare services to intervene in her son's life.
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.