My Name is
Innocent
Innocent
Innocent was abandoned as a young child and was then referred to a babies' home. Little else is known about his history. Social welfare recommended he be placed at the Rafiki Village Uganda, and he arrived at the Village in 2006. Innocent can be depended on to do the right thing in the Village. Innocent's favorite subject is science. He is fascinated by the study of the body and the different complex bodily systems. He thinks that God the creator is amazing. He is getting help with Luganda and social studies. Innocent desires to help the poor and needy like Jesus did.
DOB: Jan 7, 2005
Innocent
Innocent’s mother died in 2005, and his father abandoned him, leaving him in the care of an uncle who also abandoned him as a child.
Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.
Clarisse
Clarisse's elderly grandmother cared for her since her birth.
Gracious
Gracious’s mother died of stomach cancer shortly after giving birth to her.
Charles
Charles was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage. Little is known about his background or his family.
Janet
Janet is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was six months old, his mother took him to visit her cousin.
George
After George’s mother and father died, he was placed in the care of his sixteen-year-old aunt.
Jonah
Jonah’s father died when he was just a year old, and his mother died soon after.
Mphatso
Mphatso's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father remains unknown.
Mary
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Enala
Enala’s mother died shortly after giving birth to her twin brothers, and their father also died in 2007.
Joshua
Joshua's parents were killed in 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and the families living there. Joshua, his twin brother Gideon, and...
Babirye
Babirye and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Isaiah
Isaiah was placed into his grandparents care of following the death of his parents.
Negassa
Negassa's mother died in 2008, and his father abandoned him soon after her death.
Jackson
Jackson’s mother and father died of health complications in 2013.
Josephine
Josephine’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Theresa
Cilicia
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Kwasi
Kwasi and his twin sister, Akosua, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2009.
Emelyne
Emelyne was brought to her elderly grandmother after both her parents died.
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...
Rinet
Rinet's mother was terminally ill and not expected to live much longer when it was suggested that Rinet be moved to the Rafiki Village.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.