My Name is
Feraol
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned her when she was one month old. Her father also remains unknown. Feraol was verified as abandoned by social welfare services, and they asked the Rafiki Foundation to take over her care. Feraol arrived at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia in August 2010. She now has a bright future filled with hope. Feraol enjoys studying the Bible, and she reads the Bible with other Rafiki girls often. Her favorite Bible verse is Matthew 7:7–8 because it teaches her to obey God and trust Him more.
DOB: Dec 23, 2008
Lemmy
Lemmy and his sister, Eva, were living with their grandmother, who did not have the means to feed them every day, before they came to Rafiki.
Isaiah
Isaiah was placed into his grandparents care of following the death of his parents.
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
Nahom
Nahom’s mother died when he was just nine months old, and his father died when he was twenty months old.
Anjela
After being abandoned by her mother, Anjela lived with her elderly grandfather in a small mud hut.
Augustus
Augustus, his twin brother Augustine, and his older brother Gideon arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Rose
Both of Roses's parents are deceased.
Fred
Fred and his two brothers Champ and George were placed in the care of an elderly woman because their mother, who had physical disabilities, could...
Denis
After the death of his mother, Denis was sent to the Nest, an organization funded by Catholic ministries before arriving at the Rafiki Village in...
Isaac
Isaac’s Father died in 2006 from an illness, and his mother died giving birth to him.
Grace
Grace was orphaned when she was only three months old.
Miriam
Miriam was found at a local market in the Machakos district of Kenya.
Vincent
Vincent and his brother, Rabson, lived with their grandmother after their parents died in 2011.
Sharon
When Sharon was barely a toddler, her parents died in a fatal accident.
Hannah
Hannah arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in April 2010.
Rachel
Both Rachel's parents died when she was two years old.
Yaw
Yaw and his two sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Enoch
Enoch’s father died in 2008, and his mother died the following year.
Wesen
Wesen's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Abraham, eighteen months later.
Janvier
Janvier’s father abandoned him and his mother and moved to Tanzania.
Azuma
Azumba and her brothers, Atimbil and Awumbe, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Rabecca
Rabecca is a double orphan. She lived with her aunt and grandmother after the death of her parents.
Celestina
Celestina and her sister, Esther, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.