My Name is
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Emmanuel lived with his elderly grandmother after the death of his parents. Though she tired, his grandmother struggled to provide for his basic needs. Social Welfare asked the Rafiki Foundation to take over Emmanuel's care, and he arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2009. He soon began to grow physically strong and healthy. Emmanuel always has a big smile for everyone! His favorite subject is social studies, and he especially enjoys learning about different people groups in Uganda and their unique native languages. Emmanuel's favorite book of the Bible is the Psalms, and he seeks to honor God by seeking righteousness and respecting authority.
DOB: Jan 1, 2007
Emmanuel Kobi
Emmanuel (Kobi) arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Fortuna
Fortuna and her brother Surafel were left in their uncle's care when their mother and father died.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was abandoned at a hospital in Rwanda when he was twelve months old, had malaria, and weighed only eleven pounds. The police have searched...
Mary
Mary lived in the A. I. Children's Home in Kitui before coming to Rafiki.
Richman
Both of Richman’s (Fiifi) parents were deaf, mute, and mentally challenged
Moses
Moses’s parents both died within a year of each other, leaving him orphaned as an infant.
Irene
Irene and her sister were abandoned by their parents as young children. They lived on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Grace
Grace's parents died within one year of each other, and she was then put in the care of a maternal aunt.
Jamesetta
Jamesetta, her sister, Amelia, and her brother, Jimmy, arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012.
Afia
Afia arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Jack
Jack is a double orphan who was living with his impoverished grandmother.
Theresa
Theresa was abandoned at seven months old by her mother at a shop in downtown Monrovia, Liberia.
Lemmy
Lemmy and his sister, Eva, were living with their grandmother, who did not have the means to feed them every day, before they came to Rafiki.
Ezekiel
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father is unknown.
Adele
Adele’s father struggled under the weight of caring for a young son with cerebral palsy, the children’s blind grandmother, and his own kidney...
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...
Fiskani
Fiskani’s mother is deceased and his father abandoned him.
Gertrude
Gertrude (Trudy) was orphaned after her father and mother died within a year of each other.
Stephena
Stephena's father was killed by lightning and her mother died, along with Stephena's twin, while giving birth.
Etsub
Etsub and her brother, Robel, lived with their mother before she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Catherine
Both Catherine's mother and father are deceased.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.