My Name is
Joseph
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died when he was nine months old, and his father was unknown. He was then placed in the care of his aunt. Though she tried, his aunt could not provide for his basic needs. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2014. Joseph is now a bright young man who does well in school. Joseph is polite and cooperative in class. He enjoys reading books in his spare time. He knows that God is with him at all times, and this gives him comfort. He enjoys studying God's Word and singing hymns of praise. Joseph is confident that God will lead him in the right path all his days.
DOB: Nov 8, 2010
Gabriel
Gabriel’s mother died in an accident, and his father died of complications from malaria.
Kwaku
Kwaku’s mother died nine days after giving birth to him and his twin sister.
John Mueke
Very few details are known about John. His mother is deceased and his father is presumed to be as well.
Shedrak
Shedrak’s mother died in 2006 and his father died shortly after.
Mwawi
Mwawi's mother died two weeks after delivering him and his twin brother.
Francisca
Francisca’s mother died after a short illness when Francisca was one year old. Her father died six months later.
Alexander
After his parents died, Alexander was placed in the care of a man in his village.
Spencer
Both of Spencer's parents are deceased, and he was living with his elderly, impoverished grandmother in a desperate situation.
Ben
Before arriving at the Rafiki village, Ben and his five siblings lived with their grandmother, along with her six children, in a one-room house.
Abraham
Abraham's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Wesen, eighteen months later.
Sindani
Sindani and her two older sisters were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their parents.
Josiah
Josiah's mother is deceased, and his father remains unknown. He and his twin brother Joseph arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2003.
Dan
After both of Dan's parents died when he was a small child, he was placed in the care of an elderly and impoverished uncle.
Grace
Grace and her brother, Martin, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Joseph Owen
Owen and his three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
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...
Hope
Hope’s mother died of AIDs shortly after Hope was born, and her father is unknown to the family.
Alick
Alick is a double orphan. He lived with his grandparents after the death of his mother in 2007.
Erica
Erica and her sister, Priscilla, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father had died before her.
Millicent
After the death of her father and mother, Millicent was placed in the care of her aunt.
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.
Pross
Prossy lost her father to AIDS at age four, and her mother was unable to care for her due to severe mental illness.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.