My Name is
Josephine
Josephine
Josephine’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Theresa. Josephine's grandparents were caring for the girls because their father abandoned them. The grandparents were subsistence farmers and had many grandchildren they were caring for. They soon found that they were not able to care for the twins. Josephine and her sister Theresa arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia in November 2014 and quickly adjusted to their new life. Josephine enjoys singing, leading others in Bible reading, and spending time with her friends. She strives to do her best in school. When Josephine prays, she thanks God for creating her, knowing her, and saving her.
DOB: Dec 13, 2012
Neema
After the death of her mother and father, Neema lived with her elderly grandmother and adult sister.
Ermias
Ermias' mother was mentally handicapped. She abandoned Ermias and his sister, Mehiret, and gave them to the care of their impoverished grandmother.
Samson
Both of Samson's parents died when he was a young child.
Enoch
Enoch’s mother worked at Rafiki. Her last request before her death was her hope that Enoch could come to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Barakael
Barakael's mother died when he was one year old, and his father is unknown.
Thomas
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi, Thomas and sister, Gloria, lived with their impoverished grandmother and the six other children she...
Agnes
Agnes was abandoned by her family and was referred to the Rafiki Village Uganda at two years of age.
Gideon
Rebecca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Lonnie
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, Lonnie was called “Lonely” because both of her parents were deceased.
Anna
Anna was left on a porch in Monrovia, Liberia when she was eighteen months old.
Christina
After Christina and her two sisters, Peace and Tendo, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned her when she was one month old.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old, and his father is unknown.
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father is unknown.
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007, and his father died some years before that.
Isaiah
Faith
Faith’s mother died giving birth to her, and her father remains unknown.
Mirriam
Mirriam’s father died in 2003, and her mother died two years later.
Grace
Grace's father died in 2007 in a motor accident.
Jane
Jane and her twin brother Jimmy were brought to a police station after their mother died in a local hospital.
Micheal
When he was two months old, Michael was abandoned at a shop in Kampala, Uganda. Michael then came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in February of 2005.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.