My Name is
Esther
Esther
Esther's father died in 2004, and her mother died six months later. Esther was then placed in the care of an aunt. Though she tried, Esther's aunt could not properly care for her. She asked social services for help, and Esther arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008. Esther is now a good student who enjoys school. She wants to thank her sponsors for their prayers and for enabling her to get a good education. She is learning to trust God because He has provided so abundantly for her. She says that God has made Himself known to her through the beauty of nature and the power of His Word. She desires to trust God in every circumstance.
DOB: Apr 14, 2002
Christopher
Christopher lost both of his parents between 2002 and 2003.
Jordan
Simon
When just an infant, Simon was found abandoned near a hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
George
After George’s mother and father died, he was placed in the care of his sixteen-year-old aunt.
Adwoa
Adwoa and her sister, Akua, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Joseph
Joseph and his twin brother Josiah arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui in May 2000.
Grace Masozi
Grace lived with her grandmother after the death of her mother and father in 2006.
Chloe
When she was a child, the police found Chloe alone in a house.
Patrick
Patrick’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was mentally ill and unable to care for him.
Martha
After the death of her parents, Martha and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Furaha
Furaha and her two cousins were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Wilson
Both Wilson’s mother and father died when he was a small child. Wilson and his sister were then referred to the Rafiki Village Uganda in September...
Cephas
Cephas's father died just before he was born, and his mother died when he was just four years old.
Jacob
Jane
Jane and her twin brother Jimmy were brought to a police station after their mother died in a local hospital.
Jane
Both Jane's parents died when she was a young child, making her a double orphan.
Jonathan
Jonathan’s mother died in March 2007, and his father died some years earlier.
Abenezer
Abenezer was just fifteen days old when his teenage mother gave him over to his grandmother.
Isaac
Isaac’s mother died an hour after she gave birth to him, and his father shortly abandoned him after he was born.
Shadreck
Shadreck’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
James
James was orphaned after his mother was involved in a fatal road accident in April 2005.
Doreen
Doreen’s mother abandoned her in 2011, and her father is unknown.
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.