My Name is
Erica
Erica
Erica and her sister, Priscilla, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother. Though she tried, the girls' grandmother could not properly care for them. Social welfare services asked the Rafiki Foundation to assume the girls' care. Erica and her sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009 and soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving environment at the Village. Erica soon proved to be a sweet and happy little girl. She is a diligent student who enjoys science and would like to become a nurse one day. Erica's favorite hymn is "The Lord is My Shepherd" because she knows that as she walks with the Lord, He will provide for her every need.
DOB: Aug 18, 2006
Esau
Esau's mother died while delivering his younger brother, Isaac, and his father died the next year in a car accident.
Sharon
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Donatha
When Donatha was extremely young, her mother and father both died of an illness.
Genet
Genet’s mother died when she was a year old, and her father is unknown.
Paul
Paul was found abandoned as a small child and taken to the local police station.
Lorine
Lorine was referred to the Rafiki Village Kenya by The Nairobi Children's Home, the orphanage her aunt placed her in as a young child, and she...
Jean de Dieu
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda, Jean lived with a couple who were neighbors with his mother before she died in November 2012 in a...
Jessica
Jessica was found abandoned as an infant at a community school on September 14, 2009 and was taken to the police station.
Micah
Micah was just nine months old when both of his parents were killed by armed robbers.
Rinet
Rinet's mother was terminally ill and not expected to live much longer when it was suggested that Rinet be moved to the Rafiki Village.
John Mueke
Very few details are known about John. His mother is deceased and his father is presumed to be as well.
Leah
Leah has been an orphan since 2003.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown.
Meklit
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia, Meklit's grandmother cared for her.
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
Job Ayuba
Job was orphaned when his mother died in 2003. His father passed away two years earlier.
Mwaka
Mwaka’s aunt cared for her after the death of her parents.
Caroline
Caroline's parents died within one year of each other before she turned three years old.
Gabriel
Gabriel's father abandoned the family and his mother did not recover from the C-section she had when he was born. Since that time he lived with...
Alinafe
Alinafe is a double orphan who was in the care of her elderly grandparents.
Israel
Israel’s mother died in 2001 when he was two years old, and his father died in 2003.
Grace Masozi
Grace lived with her grandmother after the death of her mother and father in 2006.
James
James’s father died HIV+, and his mother also had HIV.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.