My Name is
Janjay
Janjay
Janjay’s mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died shortly after in a car accident. JanJay and her half-sister, Makatee, were then sent to live with their aunt. Though she tried, she could not provide for the girls' basic needs. Social welfare reviewed the situation and gave approval for the sisters to move to the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2010. Janjay soon began to thrive in her new environment with nutritious food, a bed of her own, and the opportunity to attend school. Janjay's favorite subject is English. She hopes to be a doctor when she grows up because she wants to save Liberian lives, or she would like to be an artist. Janjay loves Jesus because He is her Savior and Creator; she knows that nothing can separate her from His love. She cherishes Psalm 19:1 because it speaks about the beauty of God's creation.
DOB: Sep 7, 2003
Nancy
Both of Nancy's parents died when she was a young child
Paul
Paul's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Isaac, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012.
Simon
Both of Simon’s parents were farmers and died from unknown causes.
Enoch
Enoch’s father died in 2008, and his mother died the following year.
Yesunesh
Yesunesh was born in Mojo, Ethiopia. Her father died when she was only a few months old, and her mother abandoned her few months after that.
Israel
Israel’s mother died in 2001 when he was two years old, and his father died in 2003.
Marie Jeanne
Marie Jeanne was brought to her elderly, sickly grandmother when she was a young child after both of her parents died of sickness.
Samuel
Samuel was found wandering the streets of his village when he was two years old.
Adam
Little is know about Adam's family and his parents whereabouts.
Dalitso
Dalitso and his twin sister, Blessing, moved four times after their mother died when they were babies.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was cared for by a pastor of a small Baptist church and his wife after his mother died.
Kelvin
Kelvin was orphaned in 2002 and nothing is known about his family.
Gad
Gad's mother died immediately after he was born in 2010 in Kigali, Rwanda.
Gabriel
Gabriel’s mother died in an accident, and his father died of complications from malaria.
Mehiret
Before coming to Rafiki, Mehiret lived with her maternal grandmother.
Moses
Moses was only a year old when both of his parents died of an illness.
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003, and her mother then died in 2009.
Juliet
Juliet lost her mother in 2003 and her father in 2004. She was then put in the care of an aunt who could not care for her basic needs. She arrived...
Alex
Both of Alex's parents died of terminal illnesses between 2003 and 2004. He was then referred by Social Welfare to begin living in the Rafiki...
Amos
Amos was abandoned in Kitui near the police station when he was only two years old.
Nikolas
After both Nikolas's parents died when he was a young child, his ailing grandmother referred him to the Rafiki Foundation. He arrived at the Rafiki...
Julius
Julius’s mother abandoned him after his father died. He came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in March 2008.
Abel
Abel's mother died when he was one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.