My Name is
Ethan

Ethan
Ethan’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father died in 2002. A local pastor in the village began caring for Ethan. In 2004, the village where Ethan was living was involved in religious riots, and many of the adults were killed. Rafiki was contacted by a local relief group to consider taking some of the orphans from this village. Ethan, along with two other children from his village, was admitted to the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Ethan is a good student who enjoys school. He desires to keep learning more and to help develop his country into a better place for the coming generation.
DOB: Sep 15, 2000
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Salome
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Beniyam
Beniyam was born in Mojo. His mother died when he was three years old, and his father abandoned him, giving him to his maternal grandparents.
Elikana
Elikana is a double orphan. She and her sister Mercy were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let alone...
Miatta
Miattaās mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Josephine
Josephineās mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Theresa
Adam
Adamās mother died giving birth to him, and his father died from complications of malaria.
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Mabel
Mabel is an outgoing and talkative young woman. She enjoys science class because she learns about God's creation.
Adam
Little is know about Adam's family and his parents whereabouts.
Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Akua
Akua loves to play soccer. In school, she excels in reading, and her favorite class is Bible.
Dumisani
After the death of his parents, Dumisani arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Mediatrice
Mediatrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Peace
Peace and her sister, Gift, were orphaned in 2010 when their father died of AIDs.
Miriam
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Mary
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Gideon
Gideon's parents were killed in 2010 when mudslides buried their village and the families living there.
David
David was abandoned as a newborn at a local hospital and discovered by the night staff.
Michael
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Makatee
Makateeās mother died in a car accident when she was eleven months old.
Alexander
Alex enjoys discussing the Word of God with his colleagues. They marvel that he knows the Bible so well and wonder how it is possible.
Aquil
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Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.