My Name is
Jessica
Jessica
Jessica was found abandoned as an infant at a community school on September 14, 2009 and was taken to the police station. After the police attempted to find her parents, she was taken to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. She was then taken to a local orphanage for temporary care, and no one came forward to claim her. The Ministry asked Rafiki to care for her permanently, and she arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2012. Jessica now enjoys writing and telling stories. She enjoys her grammar class in school because it helps her improve the stories she writes. She believes it is important to get an education so she can continue to write stories to help others learn. Jessica loves Jesus because He died on the cross for her sins. Her favorite Bible verse is James 5:8 because it reminds her to be patient and establish her heart in Christ.
DOB: Dec 18, 2008
Emmanuella (Muki)
Emmanuella's (Muki) mother died in June 2008. She lived with her father until he died in July 2008. After living with an aunt who could not...
Isaac
Isaac’s mother died an hour after she gave birth to him, and his father shortly abandoned him after he was born.
Betty
Both of Betty’s parents died when she was young. Her mother contracted cerebral malaria, and her father died in a car accident.
Lonnie
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, Lonnie was called “Lonely” because both of her parents were deceased.
Timothy
Timothy was orphaned as an infant and brought to a babies' home in Kitui in 1997.
Bulus
Bulus and his brother, Mika, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his grandmother who could not care for him as a small child.
Ethan
Ethan’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father died in 2002.
Jehu
Jehu's mother died of yellow fever and his father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Donatha
Donatha’s life began in difficulty. Because Donatha's mother died when she was young, and her father abandoned her shortly after, she has never...
David
David was abandoned as a newborn at a local hospital and discovered by the night staff.
Moris
Moris was put in the care of an uncle after his mother died, and his father remains unknown.
Miriam
Miriam was found at a local market in the Machakos district of Kenya.
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.
Kofi
In 2006, both of Kofi’s parents died in a vehicular accident while they were transporting their farm produce to a nearby market.
Rose
Rose's mother passed away in 2005, and her father remains unknown.
Vivian
Vivian’s mother was mentally ill, and her father was unknown.
Shadreck
Shadreck’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Gloria
Gloria and her twin sister Olivia were abandoned and given to a paternal uncle when their father died.
Akosua
Akosua and her twin brother Kwasi arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Joshua
Both of Joshua’s parents are deceased. His father died from a brief illness in 2004, and his mother died when Joshua was two years old.
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Ariet
Ariet and her little brother Frankson were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.