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
Janjay
Janjay’s mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died shortly after in a car accident.
Josiah
Josiah's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002.
Mercy
Mercy is a double orphan. She and and her sister Elikana were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let...
Wongani
Both Wongani's parents died by the time he was two years old.
Fiyete
Fiyete arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
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...
Sharon
Sharon's mother is deceased and her father is unknown.
Martey
Martey and his two sisters were often left unattended for days at a time by their mentally ill mother.
Isaac
Isaac’s mother died an hour after giving birth to him and his father abandoned him shortly after.
Mary
Mary and her sister Rachael arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Phoebe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Caleb
Caleb’s parents died when he was four years old, and his relatives were unable to care for him because they are impoverished and relied on...
Ariet
Ariet and her little brother Frankson were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Felix
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nasha
Nasha, her sister, and cousin were in their grandmother's care after her father's death.
Justina
Justina and her twin sister Josephine arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Amos
Amos was abandoned in Kitui near the police station when he was only two years old.
Bethel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Honorine
Honorine (Mufasha) and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Austin
In December of 2008 Austin went to live with an aunt in Monrovia after his parents died.
Racheal
After both her parents died, Racheal lived in her grandfather's care.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.