My Name is
Josephine
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them. Both girls soon began to thrive at the Village. Josephine is an organized student who pays attention and participates well in class. She takes her education seriously and leads her classmates in study time after school. Josephine trusts Jesus because He is always there to carry her through her times of need. She understands the truth that salvation comes by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
DOB: Dec 27, 2001
Tracy
Both Tracy's (Tamar’s) parents died of illness in 2002.
Michael
Michael’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and his father died after an accident.
Rich
Rich’s mother died in 2011, and his father abandoned him.
Kebah
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Yordanos
Yordanos’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandfather, in 2006.
Issac
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Daniel
Daniel and his brother were orphaned after their parents died.
Siphiwe
Siphiwe’s mother died of a fatal illness, and it is believed that her father also died in Zimbabwe.
Akosua
Akosua and her twin brother Kwasi arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Isaac
Isaac and his twin sister, Sandra, moved to their home at the Rafiki Village Ghana in March 2011.
Julie
Following the death of their parents, Julie and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Annie
After the death of both her parents, Annie was cared for by her aunt.
Wilson
Both Wilson’s mother and father died when he was a small child. Wilson and his sister were then referred to the Rafiki Village Uganda in September...
Jimmy
Jimmy and his twin sister Jane were brought to a local police station after their mother died in the Kenyatta National hospital.
Joanna
Joanna is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Janet, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Brighton
Brighton came to the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 along with his older brother Petros after the death of their parents.
Memory
Memory was found in the care of a 65-year-old widow who lived in a village subsidized by the government for the homeless.
Innocent
Both of Innocent's parents are deceased. Soon after his mother's death, Innocent was diagnosed with tuberculosis and began treatment.
Pererat
Pererat’s mother died soon after he was born, and his father disappeared after the Jos riots in 2008.
Yamakani
Yamikani lost her father in 2004, and her mother was also dying of an illness at this time.
Abiba
Abiba Ruth's father abandoned her, and her mother is terminally ill.
Thomas
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi, Thomas and sister, Gloria, lived with their impoverished grandmother and the six other children she...
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old, and his father is unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.