My Name is
Juliet
Juliet
Juliet lost her mother in 2003 and her father in 2004. She was then put in the care of an aunt who could not care for her basic needs. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 and soon proved to be a joyful girl with leadership qualities. Juliet came to believe in Jesus through the Bible and creation. She knows that Jesus loves her and gave up His life for sinners to be reconciled with God. She continues to pray to do well in her studies and to please God.
DOB: Sep 1, 2003
Elizabeth
After Elizabeth’s mother died in July of 2005, her children came to live with their maternal aunt who worked as a mother’s assistant at the Rafiki...
Mathias
Mathias’s mother died a year after his father died.
Mapalo
Mapalo’s grandmother was caring for ten of her grandchildren as well as four of her own children.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel’s mother died in 2007, and his father drowned in a river while fishing in 2009.
Hillary
Hillary’s mother died in childbirth, so he was brought to the AIC babies’ home in Mogogosiek—a village four hours from Rafiki Village Kenya. He had...
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Leah
Leah was abandoned as a baby, and her parents remain unknown.
Kelia
An old woman from a local village brought Kelia to a police station in 2011, hoping to find someone to care for her.
Anna
Anna arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006, a year after both her parents died.
Abraham
Abraham’s mother died when he was just nine months old.
Claudia
After Claudia's parents died, she was placed in the care of her elderly grandmother.
John
John’s mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Doreen
Doreen’s mother abandoned her in 2011, and her father is unknown.
Elizabeth
Zawady
Zawady is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2006.
Simeon
In 2009, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare closed an orphanage due to adoption violations.
Derrick
Derrick was referred to Rafiki by a local children's ministry.
Tabitha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Diana
Diana and her twin brother, Dereck were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Blessing
Blessing and her twin brother Dalitso, had moved four times since their mother died when they were babies. They lived at two babies’ homes and then...
Lemmy
Lemmy and his sister, Eva, were living with their grandmother, who did not have the means to feed them every day, before they came to Rafiki.
Jeremiah
After the death of his parents, Jeremiah lived with a family member. Though she tried, this family member could not provide for Jeremiah's basic...
Mercy
Mercy’s mother passed away some time in 2003, and her father remains unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.