My Name is
Deborah
Deborah
Deborah’s parents were living in Uganda when they both died from an illness. Deborah and her sister Jane were then brought to Rwanda. The girls' grandmother had ten other orphans living with her and requested for Rafiki to provide for Deborah, Jane, and their cousin, Sandra. The girls arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in November 2012. Due to the Rwandan government's initiative to reunite children with relatives, Deborah no longer lives in the Village and is a day student at the Rafiki School. Rafiki continues to fund her full school scholarship and daily meals. Deborah is a gentle girl who loves others well.
DOB: Apr 1, 2008
Randall
Randall was abandoned by his mother shortly after his birth.
Irene
After both her mother and father abandoned her, Irene lived with her grandmother for a time.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
Ezekiel
Both Ezekiel's parents died within two years of each other, and Ezekiel was left to be raised by his grandmother.
Furaha
Furaha and her two cousins were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Samson
Both of Samson's parents died when he was a young child.
Dennis
Dennis arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Christopher
Christopher lost both of his parents between 2002 and 2003.
Joseph
Joseph is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2007.
Simon
Simon was found abandoned near a hospital in Kampala, Uganda on March 13, 2005.
Naomi
Naomi’s father died when she was a year old.
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Obadiah
Obadiah was found abandoned as a small child in 2006 in Paynesville, Liberia.
Valante
Valante's mother died of complications while giving birth to him, and his father died shortly after her.
Mary
Mary and her brother, Emmanuel, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002.
Isaac
Isaac’s mother died an hour after she gave birth to him, and his father shortly abandoned him after he was born.
Alice
Alice was abandoned and given to her grandmother when she was only five months old.
Abel
After Abel's mother was killed in a car accident, an elderly neighbor brought Abel into her home.
Adwoa
Adwoa and her sister, Akua, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was abandoned at a hospital in Rwanda when he was twelve months old, had malaria, and weighed only eleven pounds. The police have searched...
Leul
After Leul's father died and his mother abandoned him, he was placed in the care of a widow.
Patricia
Due to his own medical issues, Patricia's father could not provide for her basic needs after her mother's death.
Emelyne
Emelyne was brought to her elderly grandmother after both her parents died.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.