My Name is
Faith
Faith
Faith’s mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia. She and her older sister Sarah were then left in the care of relatives who could not provide for their basic needs. The siblings arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2006. Faith is a serious student who excels in her academics and is enthusiastic about her studies. She excels in writing stories and poems and is good at music, art, math, science, geography, and sports. She is pleasant and friendly in class and contributes well, especially in Bible lessons. From the Rafiki Bible Study, Faith has learned that God's people are commanded to be holy.
DOB: Jun 2, 2002
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
Susanna
Susanna’s mother died within a month of giving birth to her. Her father abandoned her and was then reported to have died.
Babirye
Babirye and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Sumaya
Sumaya's father died when she was a young child, and her mother started living with another man who was unwilling to care for her.
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003, and her mother then died in 2009.
Memory
Memory’s mother died four days after her birth.
Cossam
Cossam arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 following the death of both of his parents.
Joe
Joe was placed in the care of an aunt after his mother and father died.
Isaac
Isaac’s mother died an hour after she gave birth to him, and his father shortly abandoned him after he was born.
Patience
Patience’s mother died a month after she was born. Her father was killed a year later in a farming accident.
Rose
Rose was brought to a children's home in Moshi, Tanzania in 2008 by a pastor from a local church after she was abandoned by her mother.
Metsenanat
Metsenanat was abandoned by her parents and given to her grandmother.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandparents shortly after her birth.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Kwaku
Kwaku and his older sister, Eltonia, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Furaha
Furaha and her two cousins were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, James.
Tapiwa
Tapiwa and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Theresia
Theresia and her twin sister, Aurelia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after their mother died of cancer.
Daniel
Daniel’s mother and father died in 2006 when he was an infant. He and his sister Esther arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2009.
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Winston
Both of Winston’s parents are deceased.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.