My Name is
Jeremiah
Jeremiah
Before Jeremiah arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011, he lived at a children's home in Moshi for four years with no known family. Jeremiah is now an active and sharp young man. Jeremiah continues to learn the importance of working hard in school. He enjoys learning more about God through the Rafiki Bible Study, and he looks forward to Christ's return because he trusts that he will be with Christ. Jeremiah also enjoys praying to God and singing hymns.
DOB: Feb 26, 2007
Yordanos
Yordanos’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandfather, in 2006.
Kebah
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Augustine
Augustine, his twin brother Augustus, and older brother Gideon, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Irene
After being abandoned by their parents, Irene and her twin sister, Dorine, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother.
Brian
Brian’s mother died at childbirth, and his father remains unknown. Brian was then placed in an orphanage about four hours from the Rafiki Village...
Esther
When Esther’s parents passed away, she was placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Prince
Prince and his two brothers, Randy and Emmanuel, were abandoned by their mother as young children. Prince and his brothers arrived at the Rafiki...
Jeff
Jeff’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Deborah
Deborah’s parents were living in Uganda when they both died from an illness. Deborah and her sister Jane were then brought to Rwanda.
Siphiwe
Siphiwe’s mother died of a fatal illness, and it is believed that her father also died in Zimbabwe.
Tonny
Tonny’s mother abandoned him immediately after birth.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel and his sister, Mary, were born to a mentally-ill mother who lacked the mental and physical faculties to care for them, and their father...
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...
Tracy
Both Tracy's (Tamar’s) parents died of illness in 2002.
Faith
Faith’s mother died giving birth to her, and her father remains unknown.
James
James's parents died within months of each other; he was an orphan before he was six months old.
Munyithya
Munyithya's father died four months after he was born, and his mother followed eighteen months later before his second birthday.
Emelyne
Emelyne was brought to her elderly grandmother after both her parents died.
Shadreck
Shadreck’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Moris
Moris was put in the care of an uncle after his mother died, and his father remains unknown.
Catherine
Catherine was abandoned immediately after she was born.
Hannah
Hannah arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in April 2010.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.