My Name is
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Both Emmanuel's parents abandoned him when he was a small child. The foster family who cared for him could not continue and asked the Rafiki Foundation for help. Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2010 and bonded well with his Rafiki mother and siblings. Manny enjoys studying social studies. It is his goal to help his community by becoming a firefighter in the future. He wants to be able to save lives and property. Emmanuel seeks to please God. He knows from his favorite verse, Mark 11:22, that it is impossible to please God without faith.
DOB: Nov 5, 2008
Nasha
Nasha, her sister, and cousin were in their grandmother's care after her father's death.
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Shadreck
After the death of his parents, Shadreck was in the care of an impoverished widow could not properly feed him.
Sharon
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Susan
Susan's mother is deceased and her father is in jail.
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Stephena
Stephena's father was killed by lightning and her mother died, along with Stephena's twin, while giving birth.
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...
Naomi
Naomi and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Erick
Erick’s mother died a few hours after he was born due to complications with his delivery.
Gloria
Gloria and her twin sister Olivia were abandoned and given to a paternal uncle when their father died.
Leah
Leah was abandoned as a baby, and her parents remain unknown.
Moses
Moses was removed from his mother in January 2003 for his protection.
Yordanos
After their father died and their mother abandoned them, Yordanos and her younger brother lived with their grandmother. Their grandmother could not...
Meklit
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia, Meklit's grandmother cared for her.
Faith
Faith’s mother died giving birth to her, and her father remains unknown.
Deborah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gelane
Gelane’s parents died two years apart from one another.
Ariet
Ariet and her little brother Frankson were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Atimbil
Atimbil and his brother and sister, Awumbe and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Boaz
Boaz's mother lacked the mental and physical faculties to adequately care for him. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2008.
Chloe
When she was a child, the police found Chloe alone in a house.
Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.