My Name is
Judith
Judith
Judith's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002. She and her brother Josiah came to the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Now, Judith enjoys school, and she thinks education is important because it helps improve our knowledge of life skills. She says God makes Himself known to her through the Bible. Though she cannot see Him physically, she believes in Christ and trusts Him with her life.
DOB: Apr 8, 1999
Purity
After her parents died in 2004, Purity was placed in the care of her aunt and uncle.
Obadiah
Obadiah was found abandoned as a small child in 2006 in Paynesville, Liberia.
Abiba
Abiba Ruth's father abandoned her, and her mother is terminally ill.
Grace
An aunt cared for Grace after the death of her parents.
Deogloriosio
Deo's parents are both deceased, making him a double orphan. His father died right before he was born and his mother soon after.
Diane
Diane’s parents died of an illness. Before that, her family was living in a refugee camp in Tanzania.
Moses
Both of Moses's died when he was a young child.
Jane
Jane and her twin brother Jimmy were brought to a police station after their mother died in a local hospital.
Beatrice
Beatrice was left in the care of her aunt after her parents died in 2006. They lived in a two-room house with nine other relatives.
Lulu
Lulu was abandoned at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center when she was born.
Adam
Adam’s mother died giving birth to him, and his father died from complications of malaria.
Olivier
Both of Olivier’s parents died—his father before he was born and his mother a year after his birth.
Jean de Dieu
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda, Jean lived with a couple who were neighbors with his mother before she died in November 2012 in a...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Rena
Rena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister, Serena.
Jonathan
Jonathan’s mother died in March 2007, and his father died some years earlier.
Lusia
After Lusia's mother died, she lived with her aunt
Kwaku
Kwaku’s mother died nine days after giving birth to him and his twin sister.
Honorine
Both Mufasha's mother and father died when she was a young child.
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
Gifty
Gifty arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in June of 2009.
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Stanley
Both of Stanley's parents contracted a fatal illness and died when he was a young child.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.