My Name is
Daniel
Daniel
Daniel’s mother and father died in 2006 when he was an infant. He and his sister, Esther, arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2009. Daniel soon proved to be a good student. He also works hard at being an example to others in school. Daniel wants the other boys to look up to him as an example of leadership and to look like the young man God has called him to be.
DOB: Sep 19, 2005
Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown.
Patience
Patience’s mother died a month after she was born. Her father was killed a year later in a farming accident.
Justina
Justina and her twin sister Josephine arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Noah
Noah’s mother died a few days after giving birth to him. He was then placed in the care of his maternal grandmother.
Fabrice
Fabrice was abandoned and placed in front of a children’s home as a small child.
Diana
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joe
Joe was placed in the care of an aunt after his mother and father died.
Barakael
Barakael's mother died when he was one year old, and his father is unknown.
Dalitso
Dalitso and his twin sister, Blessing, moved four times after their mother died when they were babies.
Susan
Susan's mother is deceased and her father is in jail.
Fortuna
Fortuna and her brother Surafel were left in their uncle's care when their mother and father died.
Eden
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.
Abraham
Abraham's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Wesen, eighteen months later.
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.
Faith
Faith’s mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia.
Mediatrice
Mediatrice’s parents became sick and both died in 2007.
Alinafe
Alinafe is a double orphan who was in the care of her elderly grandparents.
Rachel
Rachel’s mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father remains unknown. Rachel was referred to the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006...
Darris
Darris's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Ashenofi
Both Ashenofi's parents died within a year of each other. He lived with an aunt after their deaths. However, his aunt was unable to properly care...
Elijah
Elijah was referred to Rafiki by an orphanage four hours away from the Village.
Charles
Charles was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage. Little is known about his background or his family.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.