My Name is
John
John
John’s father had been deceased for a few years when his mother died in 2007. After his mother's death, John and his brother, Mathias, were given to an impoverished uncle who could not properly care for the boys' needs. After being recommended by a social worker, John and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2008. John soon proved to be very helpful and often volunteers to stay after school to help clean the classroom. Through the Rafiki Bible Study on Romans 13:1, John has learned that it is God's plan for Christians to obey the authorities He has placed over them. He thinks this is a good lesson for a young man to learn. He continues to pray for academic and spiritual growth.
DOB: Oct 31, 2004
Clementine
Clementine was brought to her uncle in 2009 after both her parents died of sickness
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Denis
After the death of their father, Denis and his brother, Charles, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small room, one-room house.
Dativa
Dativa’s mother died of AIDs, and her father is unknown to the family.
Kasayoka
Nancy's (Kasayoka) father died when she was two and her mother died eighteen months later.
James
James’s father died HIV+, and his mother also had HIV.
Kilonzi
Kilonzi arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya with his older brother Mumo in 2006.
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...
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Justina
Justina and her twin sister Josephine arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Paul
Paul's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Isaac, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012.
Takula
Takula’s mother died in 2005 of a fatal illness, and his father died two years later.
Yamikani
Yamikani lost her father in 2004, and her mother was also dying of an illness at this time.
Naomi
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Peter
Both Peter's mother and father died when he was an infant.
Afia
Afia arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Akosua
Akosua and her twin brother Kwasi arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Awumbe
Awumbe and his brother and sister, Atimbil and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Adam
Little is know about Adam's family and his parents whereabouts.
Nahom
Nahom’s mother died when he was just nine months old, and his father died when he was twenty months old.
John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him with no one to care for him.
Joseph
Joseph is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2007.
Abenezer
Abenezer was just fifteen days old when his teenage mother gave him over to his grandmother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.