My Name is
Gifty

Gifty
Gifty arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in June of 2009. Gifty is a kind, respectful, helpful, and intelligent young woman. She works hard and succeeds in all of her classes. She especially enjoys studying science and French. Once she finishes her schooling, Gifty hopes to become a nurse so that she can share the gospel while caring for people’s physical health. Gifty has learned to persevere as she faces new circumstances. As she continues to grow and her life continues to change, she sees God using these times to strengthen her faith. Gifty prays that she will always trust in God’s plan for her life and that she will gain a greater understanding of God’s Word.
DOB: Aug 21, 2003
Sandra
Sandra lived in her uncle's care after her parent's death.
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness.
Etsub
Etsub and her brother, Robel, lived with their mother before she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Sarai
Sarai was taken in by her grandmother after the death of her father and mother.
Bernice
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Jennifer
Jennifer and her twin sisters lived with their aunt and her family after the death of their parents.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Simon
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Polycarp
Polycarp was abandoned at the age of four and placed into a baby's home.
Caroline
Caroline's parents died within one year of each other before she turned three years old.
Fiyete
Fiyete arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Rachel
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Ermias
Ermias' mother was mentally handicapped. She abandoned Ermias and his sister, Mehiret, and gave them to the care of their impoverished grandmother.
Ethel
Both Ethel's parents died within two years of each other.
Makatee
.Makatee’s mother died in a car accident when she was eleven months old.
John
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Naomi
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
James
James's parents died within months of each other; he was an orphan before he was six months old.
Tapiwa
Tapiwa and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Martha
Martha's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Moses
Both of Moses's died when he was a young child.
Deogloriosio
Deo's parents are both deceased, making him a double orphan. His father died right before he was born and his mother soon after.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.