My Name is
Esther
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism. After their parents died in 2010, they were placed in the care of their widowed grandmother. She had no source of income and finding food for the family was a daily challenge. Though she tried, she could not provide for the girls and sought help. Esther and her sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia in 2011. Esther enjoys playing sports with her friends and reading. She says she believes Jesus is the Son of God, who is love. She knows the Bible is God's word, and she prays for joy in all things.
DOB: Nov 2, 2009
George
George was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage.
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Olivier
Both of Olivier’s parents died—his father before he was born and his mother a year after his birth.
Juliet
Juliet lost her mother in 2003 and her father in 2004. She was then put in the care of an aunt who could not care for her basic needs. She arrived...
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007, and his father died some years before that.
Moses
Social Services recommended that Moses be removed from his home because his parents could not take care of him properly.
Aynalem
Aynalem was three years old when her mother died. Her father remains unknown.
Miriam
Miriam and her younger brother, Daniel, were placed with their grandfather after their parents died.
Hana
Hana’s mother died in 2008, and her father remains unknown.
Genet
Genet’s mother died when she was a year old, and her father is unknown.
Joseph
Joseph is a double orphan. His father died in 2006 of an illness, and his mother died a year later.
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Gadissa
Gadissa, along with his sister Feyise, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both of his parents at birth and was being cared for by a state-run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three,...
Jeremiah
At two months of age, Jeremiah was abandoned at a local hospital.
Paul
Paul’s father died during the religious riots that occurred in Jos, Nigeria in 2001.
Jonathan
John’s mother died in 2003 in a drowning accident, and his father died later that same year. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2005.
Tracy
Both Tracy's (Tamar’s) parents died of illness in 2002.
Julia
Innocent
Innocent’s mother died in 2005, and his father abandoned him, leaving him in the care of an uncle who also abandoned him as a child.
Jeremiah
After the death of his parents, Jeremiah lived with a family member. Though she tried, this family member could not provide for Jeremiah's basic...
Elizabeth
After Elizabeth’s mother died in July of 2005, her children came to live with their maternal aunt who worked as a mother’s assistant at the Rafiki...
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was six months old, his mother took him to visit her cousin.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.