My Name is
Gadissa
Gadissa
Gadissa, along with his sister Feyise, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt. Their nutrition and health were both poor. Social Welfare verified that the children were orphans in desperate need of help. Gadissa and Feyise arrived at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia in March 2011. They now enjoy a hope and a future! Gadissa's favorite subject is science, and he enjoys books about history and adventure. Gadissa likes to preach the gospel to others. He is a kind young man who asks many questions about the Scriptures. He likes praying and hopes to be a pastor one day. Gadissa's favorite Scripture verses are Romans 8:31 and Acts 9:15 because they encourage him to become a pastor.
DOB: May 7, 2005
Flavia
Flavia and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Akosua
Akosua and her twin brother Kwasi arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Mumo
Mumo arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya with his younger brother Kilonzi in 2006.
Frank
Frank's mother is deceased, and his father is in prison. After his father was imprisoned, Frank was left in the care of an elderly widowed neighbor.
Martha
After the death of her parents, Martha and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Philemon
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Nancy
Nancy was placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
David
David's mother died in 2003 while giving birth, and his father's whereabouts remain unknown.
Mercy
Mercy is a double orphan. She and and her sister Elikana were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let...
Kyle
Kyle was abandoned by his father shortly after he was born.
Cilicia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Linda
Linda's parents died in 2004. She was living with relatives for a time, but they found they could not provide for her and her brother, Caleb.
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003 and John was placed in the care of his grandmother.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old.
Ethel
Both Ethel's parents died within two years of each other.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2011.
Patience
Patience was abandoned by her mother in 2005, and her father cared for her until he died in 2008.
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.
Ben
Before arriving at the Rafiki village, Ben and his five siblings lived with their grandmother, along with her six children, in a one-room house.
Rose
Both of Roses's parents are deceased.
Samuel
Samuel and his twin brother, Joshua, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in July 2013.
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.