My Name is
Jonathan
Jonathan
John’s mother died in 2003 in a drowning accident, and his father died later that same year. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2005. Jonathan is an excellent student who likes school. He is also a talented artist and has created many wonderful works of art. His art teacher at the Rafiki School has been a mentor to him. John has worked diligently to appreciate and study the beauty of God through His Word, creation, and people.
DOB: Feb 2, 2001
Mary
Mary and her sister Rachael arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Esau
Esau's mother died while delivering his younger brother, Isaac, and his father died the next year in a car accident.
Grace
Grace's parents are both deceased. As an infant, she was in the care of an aunt who soon was unable to care for her properly.
Kebah
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Mehiret
Before coming to Rafiki, Mehiret lived with her maternal 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...
Ndidi
Ndidi lost her father in 2005 and her mother in 2008.
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac.
Augustus
Augustus, his twin brother Augustine, and his older brother Gideon arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Stanley
Both of Stanley's parents contracted a fatal illness and died when he was a young child.
Clint
Clint was found abandoned at the edge of Thogoto Forest in Dagoretti
Silas
Silas arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Moses
Moses’s parents both died within a year of each other, leaving him orphaned as an infant.
Champ
Champ's mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Jimmy
Jimmy and his two sisters, Jamesetta and Amelia, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Judith
Judith’s mother passed away when she was young, and she was then cared for by various relatives before arriving at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2004.
Paul
Paul was found abandoned as a small child and taken to the local police station.
Jonathan
Not much is known about Jonathan’s parents.
Abraham
Abraham’s mother died when he was just nine months old.
Bertha
Bertha lost both of her parents to an illness.
Thandiwe
After her mother's death, Thandiwe was sent to live with her great grandmother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.