My Name is
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was cared for by a pastor of a small Baptist church and his wife after his mother died. The pastor and his wife looked for a permanent home for Emmanuel, and he arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006. Emmanuel is now an excellent student. He says that God made Himself known to him by the gospel of Jesus Christ. Emmanuel continues to pray to grow academically and spiritually. As he reads God's Word, he learns about the value of truth and loving one's neighbor. Emmanuel seeks to love others well and learn from his mistakes.
DOB: Jun 1, 2001
Carolyn
Carolyn was abandoned as a child and was found by a probation officer. Social welfare did a thorough search to find any relatives they could for...
Atimbil
Atimbil and his brother and sister, Awumbe and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Racheal
Rachel's birth mother has never been located. Her father took another wife, abandoned Rachel, and never returned. She arrived at the Rafiki Village...
Judith
Judith's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002. She and her brother Josiah came to the Village in 2004.
Benon
Benon was born to a fifteen-year-old mother who died in child birth. His grandfather was old and unable to care for him. He was brought to an...
Patrick
After Patrick’s mother and father died, he went to live with his uncle for a time.
Epa
Epa’s mother died shortly after giving birth to him in 2003.
Olivier
Both of Olivier’s parents died—his father before he was born and his mother a year after his birth.
Augustine
Augustine arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Nasha
Nasha, her sister, and cousin were in their grandmother's care after her father's death.
Austin
In December of 2008 Austin went to live with an aunt in Monrovia after his parents died.
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007, and his father died some years before that.
Margaret
Margaret’s mother died when she was an infant.
Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.
Hellen
Helen was found lost and crying in the streets in 2003.
Gerald
After the death of both Gerald’s parents, he was living with his older sister.
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Hope
Hope’s mother died of AIDs shortly after Hope was born, and her father is unknown to the family.
Tendo
Tendo and her two sisters, Christina and Peace, were orphaned as small children and then lived with their grandmother for a time.
Kalkidan
Kalkidan was abandoned at a very young age, so his elderly grandparents cared for him.
Blessed
Blessed’s mother abandoned her four days after her birth at the Kakamega Provincial General Hospital.
Biruk
Biruk’s mother was very young when she gave birth to him.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.