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
Ruth
Ruth’s mother brought her to the nursery of a hospital for an exam and then abandoned her there.
John
John has charm and charisma; he is a happy boy and has a quick smile in spite of his difficult start in life.
William
William was brought to a hospital with head injuries in August 2003.
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
Miriam
Miriam was found at a local market in the Machakos district of Kenya.
Rabson
Rabson and his brother, Vincent, lived with their grandmother after their parents died in 2011.
Natnael
After his mother died, Natnael went to live with his grandmother.
Abigail
Abigail was originally part of the second group of triplets to arrive at the Rafiki Village Ghana.
Anna
Anna arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006, a year after both her parents died.
Joseph Owen
Owen and his three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Jonathan
Not much is known about Jonathan’s parents.
Wongani
Both Wongani's parents died by the time he was two years old.
John
John’s father had been deceased for a few years when his mother died in 2007.
Susanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Claude
Claude’s father died before he was born, and his mother died in the hospital giving birth to him.
Anna
Anna was left on a porch in Monrovia, Liberia when she was eighteen months old.
Julius
Julius’s mother abandoned him after his father died. He came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in March 2008.
Julie
Following the death of their parents, Julie and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Winston
Both of Winston’s parents are deceased.
Vivian
Vivian’s mother was mentally ill, and her father was unknown.
John
John’s parents were killed in a tragic bus accident. His mother was pregnant with his little sister, Chipo, at the time of the accident, and she...
Denis
After the death of their father, Denis and his brother, Charles, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small room, one-room house.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.