My Name is
Josephine
Josephine
Josephine and her sister Tendo were living in a local hospital in Kampala for some time. They were then placed in a temporary home for abandoned children by a child rights organization. After an investigation, social welfare determined that the girls had been abandoned by their mother. They arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006. Josephine knows that her attitudes and actions matter to God and to those around her. She is careful to encourage others and not tear them down by her words.
DOB: Feb 14, 2003
Bertha
Bertha lost both of her parents to an illness.
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was six months old, his mother took him to visit her cousin.
Nixon
The father of Nixon died early in his life and his mother had a fatal illness. She and the extended family felt it best to give Nixon a new start...
Adam
Adam’s mother died giving birth to him, and his father died from complications of malaria.
Grace
Grace was orphaned when she was only three months old.
Jeremiah
At two months of age, Jeremiah was abandoned at a local hospital.
James
James was orphaned after his mother was involved in a fatal road accident in April 2005.
Juliet Babirye
Juliet and her twin brother Kato were brought to a babies' home as young children after they were abandoned by their mother and father.
Naomi
Naomi’s father died when she was a year old.
Charles
Timothy was orphaned as an infant and brought to a babies' home in Kitui in 1997.
Innocent
Innocent is a double orphan. He and his sister were approved by Social Welfare to come to Rafiki in May 2008. They have rapidly transformed thanks...
Moses
The death of Moses's father left six orphans.
Mitchiel
Mitchiel was brought to the Nairobi Children’s Home in May 2001 by the local police after her mentally ill mother was placed in a psychiatric...
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Diane
Diane’s parents died of an illness. Before that, her family was living in a refugee camp in Tanzania.
Francisca
Francisca’s mother died after a short illness when Francisca was one year old. Her father died six months later.
Frank
After the death of his parents, Frank's grandmother took care of him and his brother, James.
Priscilla
Priscilla and her sister, Erica, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
Alice
Alice was abandoned and given to her grandmother when she was only five months old.
Irene
After being abandoned by their parents, Irene and her twin sister, Dorine, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother.
Patricia
Due to his own medical issues, Patricia's father could not provide for her basic needs after her mother's death.
Maria
After both Maria's parents died, she was left in the care of her impoverished grandmother who could not adequately care for her.
Janet
Janet's mother died in 2012, and it was soon confirmed that her mother's husband was not her biological father.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.