My Name is
Epa
Epa
Epa arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008. He soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. Epa has learned that he needs to trust God in all situations. He knows that there are things that man cannot do, but God can do anything. Epa spends time with God each morning and is stronger in his faith because of it. Epa is a boarding student at the Rafiki Village Rwanda.
DOB: Jul 15, 2003
Francine
Francine arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Rhoda
Rhoda's mother died when she was a small child, and her father abandoned her.
Marie
Marie and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Jessica
Jessica was found abandoned as an infant at a community school on September 14, 2009 and was taken to the police station.
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father is unknown.
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Ruth
Both of Ruth's parents are deceased. She and her brother Christopher lived with their grandmother before she sought help from social welfare...
Alice
Alice’s parents both died by 2005 and she was left in the care of her eighteen-year-old brother.
Gift
Gift and her sister, Peace, were orphaned in 2010 when their father died of AIDs. Their mother abandoned the family in 2008 and is believed to be...
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents.
Malesse
Malesse and his twin sister, Zelalem, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Ruth
After the death of their parents, Ruth and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Francis
Francis and his sister, Pamela, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Blessing
Blessing was abandoned by her mother, and her father remains unknown.
Chipo
Chipo’s parents died in a tragic bus accident. Chipo's mother was pregnant with her at the time of the bus accident, and she lived just long enough...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister Phiona arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2005.
Fabrice
Fabrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Denise
When Denise was one month old, she was abandoned at the Kenyatta National hospital.
Leticia
Leticia and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2012.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father disappeared after her mother's death.
Margaret
After Margaret's parents died, she lived with her impoverished grandmother who had little means to provide for her and her sister, Grace.
Queen
Queen’s mother died in 2007 and her father, unable to care for her, abandoned her.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.