My Name is
Gracious
Gracious
Gracious’s mother died of stomach cancer shortly after giving birth to her. Gracious's father then abandoned her and her sister, Felistas. They were then placed in the care of their elderly grandmother who was already caring for five children. She had very little means to support the girls and sought help. The girls arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia in 2009. Gracious continues to grow in patience and love. She believes the Bible is the truth, and she enjoys studying it with her classmates at Rafiki. She spends time alone reading God's word and praying. Gracious says she knows God has saved her and made her His child.
DOB: Aug 6, 2007
Emmanuel
Little is known about Emmanuel's life before coming to the Rafiki Village Rwanda.
Elijah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Elizabeth
Elizabeth’s father died in 2005, and her mother died soon after in 2007.
Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown.
Christine
Christine was found abandoned and was admitted to a babies' home in September 2004.
Jonah
Jonah’s father died when he was just a year old, and his mother died soon after.
Kwaku
Kwaku’s mother died nine days after giving birth to him and his twin sister.
Claudia
After Claudia's parents died, she was placed in the care of her elderly grandmother.
Adele
Adele’s father struggled under the weight of caring for a young son with cerebral palsy, the children’s blind grandmother, and his own kidney...
Adeline
Adeline and her mother were living with a family friend when her mother left one day and never returned.
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness.
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Emily
Before Emily arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, she was in the care of an aunt and uncle who did not have the means to properly feed her.
Ethel
Both Ethel's parents died within two years of each other.
Joanna
Joanna is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Janet, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned him in 2008.
Henry
Henry's mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died soon after his mother.
Chawanangwa
Both Chawanangwa’s parents are deceased.
Metsenanat
Metsenanat was abandoned by her parents and given to her grandmother.
Mitchiel
Mitchiel was brought to the Nairobi Children’s Home in May 2001 by the local police after her mentally ill mother was placed in a psychiatric...
Joseph
Joseph and his twin brother Josiah arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui in May 2000.
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents.
Innocent
Innocent was abandoned as a young child and was then referred to a babies' home.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.