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
Ruth
After the death of their parents, Ruth and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Morris
Morris’ was brought to an orphanage in Kitui in April, 2003 after both his parents died.
Christopher
Christopher lost both of his parents between 2002 and 2003.
Rebecca
Rebecca arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Dinah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Alice
Alice’s parents both died by 2005 and she was left in the care of her eighteen-year-old brother.
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Christina
After Christina and her two sisters, Peace and Tendo, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Clifford
Clifford and his brother, Namukolo, were living with their parents in the Kanakantappa Village when their mother died in 2010.
Chloe
Chloe is a double orphan; both of her parents died when she was around three years old.
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nixon
The father of Nixon died early in his life and his mother had a fatal illness. She and the extended family felt it best to give Nixon a new start...
Winnie
Winnie's young mother died while giving birth to her, and her father died after being hit by a car.
Livingstone
After the death of both his parents, Livingstone lived with his grandfather.
Erica
Erica and her sister, Priscilla, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Pererat
Pererat’s mother died soon after he was born, and his father disappeared after the Jos riots in 2008.
Gabriela
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ruth
Both of Ruth's parents are deceased. She and her brother Christopher lived with their grandmother before she sought help from social welfare...
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Samuel
Samuel’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Stanley
Both of Stanley's parents contracted a fatal illness and died when he was a young child.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.