Rafiki Foundation | Training Africans to Transform Africa for Christ
My Name is
Grace
Grace
Grace’s grandmother assumed responsibility for four children in the family following the death of Grace’s father. Due to failing health, poor vision, difficulty walking, and poor financial status, she sought help from social welfare for placement for the children. Grace and her brother Martin came to live at Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2005. Grace is a unique and creative girl with a very active imagination.
DOB: Jan 3, 2003
Pross
Prossy lost her father to AIDS at age four. Her mother was unable to care for her because she was mentally ill. She was placed in the care of her...
Priscilla
Priscilla and her brother literally lost their father in January 2000, when he went missing after riots broke out near their village. Considered...
Jack
After Jack’s mother died in 2006, he began living with his grandparents. His grandmother died soon after that. His grandfather did his best to care...
Daniel
Daniel’s father died in 2006 due to HIV. His mother died when Daniel was two weeks old also from what was believed to be HIV. Daniel lived with his...
Siphiwe
Siphiwe’s mother died of a fatal illness. It is believed that the father died in Zimbabwe but relatives are unsure. Siphiwe was placed in a crisis...
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old and his father is unknown. Emanuel moved in with his grandmother but she died in 2011. This...
Pererat
Pererat’s mother died after his birth. His father disappeared after the Jos riots in 2008. An aunt was caring for Pererat after the death of his...
Grace Masozi
Grace lived with her grandmother after the death of her mother and father in 2006. The grandmother had almost no means to provide for Grace. When...
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned by both her parents at birth and brought to the state run orphanage in Jos, Nigeria. When she was screened for the Rafiki...
Grace
Grace's parents are both deceased. As an infant, she was in the care of an aunt who soon was unable to care for her properly. She arrived at the...
Isaiah
Isaiah’s grandparents were too old to care for him so he had living with a maternal aunt. She had six of her own children and was unable to care...
Mary
Grandparents had been caring for Mary and her brother, Clinton, since the tragic deaths of their parents. They were overwhelmed with the burden of...
Barnabas
Both of Barnabas’ parents were killed during the religious riots in 2004 in a village about two hours away from Jos, Nigeria. He was living with...
Centia
Centia’s father died before she was born and her mother died when she was about seven months old. Centia and her siblings were divided among...
Ruth
Ruth’s mother was unable to care for her, and she was placed in the care of her elderly grandmother. The family lived in poverty, and her...
Obadiah
Baby Obadiah was found abandoned in November 2006 in Paynesville, Liberia. The police took him to a juvenile transit home and all attempts to...
Yesunesh
Yesunesh was born in Mojo. Her father died when she was only a few months old, and her mother left a few months after that. Her paternal uncle...
Stephen
After receiving a tip from a concerned citizen, the police found newly born Stephen abandoned on the steps of a primary school called “Stepping...
Eunice
The father of Eunice died when she was two years old. The mother died a year later. Eunice stayed with her grandmother for a while, but she was...
Christian
Christian and his two brothers lived with their grandmother after the death of their parents. Their grandmother struggled to care for the boys and...
Carolyn
Carolyn was abandoned as a child and was found by a probation officer. She was taken to a reception center. Social welfare did a thorough search...
Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead. Semegne's aunt cared for her but...
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007 and his father some years earlier. After his mothers death, Gershom was cared for by a pastor from his home...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned near a police station. He was then brought to the AIC orphanage in Mogogosiek, an orphanage about four hours away from the...
Copyright 2018 by Rafiki Foundation • Design by WMTEK & Powered by Site Stacker • Privacy Policy