My Name is
Emmanuel
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 abandoned them. For the first three years of Emmanuel’s life, he lived on the streets. He and his sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002. Emmanuel reports that he sees God's faithfulness in guiding him to the Rafiki Village in Ghana, and he knows that God has His protecting hand on him.
DOB: Mar 6, 1999
Mehiret
Before coming to Rafiki, Mehiret lived with her maternal grandmother.
Selah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Benjamin
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dennis
Dennis lived with his grandmother after his mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for him, and his father abandoned the family when he...
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry.
Enoch
Enoch’s father died in 2008, and his mother died the following year.
Korah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Paul
Paul's mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father remains unknown. Upon arriving at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2012, it was learned...
Augustus
Augustus, his twin brother Augustine, and his older brother Gideon arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Jordan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Derrick
Derrick was referred to Rafiki by a local children's ministry.
Jamila
Jamila's mother gave her over to the care of her aunt.
Daniel
Daniel and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Isaac
Isaac's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Paul, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012. The boys' mother passed...
Donatha
Donatha arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Mika
Mika and his brother, Bulus, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Lydia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Abraham
Abraham's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Wesen, eighteen months later.
Eliya
Eliya and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Jacob
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Titus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him after the death of his parents.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.