My Name is
Jacob
Jacob
Jacob first arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006 after the death of his parents. Jacob is now an excellent student who likes school. He strives to work hard in school and to be a good example to other boys in the Village. He enjoys singing tenor in the Rafiki choir. He would like to study computer engineering someday. Jacob continues to grow closer to God through His Word.
DOB: Oct 25, 2002
Furaha
Furaha and her two cousins were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Ruth
Ruth’s mother abandoned her and placed her in the care of her elderly grandmother.
Magdalene
Magdalene was almost two years old when both of her parents were killed by armed robbers.
Gladys
Gladys is a double orphan. Her mother died in 2006, and her father died in 2007.
Gideon
Gideon's parents were killed in 2010 when mudslides buried their village and the families living there.
Jennifer
Jennifer and her twin sisters lived with their aunt and her family after the death of their parents.
Carol
Carol lived with her grandmother after her mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for her, and her father abandoned the family when she...
Vivian
Vivian’s mother was mentally ill, and her father was unknown.
Uchizi
Uchizi and his twin sister had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown
George
George was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage.
Chipo
Chipo’s parents died in a tragic bus accident. Chipo's mother was pregnant with her at the time of the bus accident, and she lived just long enough...
Khumbo
Khumbo's mother died in 2007 when he was two years old, and his father’s whereabouts remain unknown.
Josiah
Josiah's mother is deceased, and his father remains unknown. He and his twin brother Joseph arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2003.
Pross
Prossy lost her father to AIDS at age four, and her mother was unable to care for her due to severe mental illness.
Joanna
Joanna is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Janet, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Simeon
In 2009, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare closed an orphanage due to adoption violations.
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father is unknown.
Umu Blessing
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Diane
Diane’s parents died of an illness. Before that, her family was living in a refugee camp in Tanzania.
Francis
Francis and his sister, Pamela, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Patrick
Patrick’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was mentally ill and unable to care for him.
Juliet
Juliet Faith was found abandoned in a remote area outside of Nairobi, Kenya.
Simon
Both of Simon’s parents were farmers and died from unknown causes.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.