My Name is
Elikana
Elikana
Elikana is a double orphan. She and her sister Mercy were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let alone two children. After arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2008, Elikana’s health improved rapidly due to the quality care and nutritious good she received in the Village. Elikana is now an outgoing, hardworking student who participates well in class by answering questions in each of her subjects. She knows Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior, and she trusts that He will supply all her needs.
DOB: Sep 15, 2005
Francis
Francis and his sister, Pamela, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Yaw
Yaw and his two sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Joseph
Joseph's mother was disabled, and they were internally displaced as a result of the 2007-post-presidential elections violence.
Dereck
Dereck and his twin sister, Diana, were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Mary
Mary and her brother, Emmanuel, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002.
Ellen
Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November of 2010.
Hannah
Hannah arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in April 2010.
Hannah
Both of Hannah's parents are deceased. Her father passed away two years after she was born and her mother died a year later.
Ruki
Ruki and her older sister were abandoned by their parents at a young age. The two girls were living on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Francisca
Francisca’s mother died after a short illness when Francisca was one year old. Her father died six months later.
Pross
Prossy lost her father to AIDS at age four, and her mother was unable to care for her due to severe mental illness.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Aynalem
Aynalem was three years old when her mother died. Her father remains unknown.
Paul
Paul had no one to care for him after the death of his father in 2006.
Maureen
Maureen's parents died in a road accident in 2004.
Kyle
Kyle was abandoned by his father shortly after he was born.
Charles
After the death of their father, Charles and his brother, Denis, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small, one-room house.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Esther
When Esther’s parents passed away, she was placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Blessing
Blessing and her twin brother Dalitso, had moved four times since their mother died when they were babies. They lived at two babies’ homes and then...
Jonathan
Jonathan’s mother died in March 2007, and his father died some years earlier.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.