My Name is
Katherine
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006 and has since enjoyed her new home. Kathy loves playing basketball. She is a good team player who displays good sportsmanship. Kathy's favorite subjects are math, English, and biology. She enjoys early sacred music lessons and appreciates the fact that music has been a gift from God since the beginning of the world. Kathy also plays the viola in the Rafiki Youth Orchestra. She seeks to imitate Christ, rejoice in hope, and be in constant prayer.
DOB: Sep 25, 2001
Paulina
Paulina’s father died before she was born, and her mother died in 2003.
Thomas
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi, Thomas and sister, Gloria, lived with their impoverished grandmother and the six other children she...
Winston
Both of Winston’s parents are deceased.
Rachel
Both Rachel's parents died when she was two years old.
Segen
Segen's young mother abandoned her soon after giving birth to her, leaving Segen with her grandmother.
Alick
Alick is a double orphan. He lived with his grandparents after the death of his mother in 2007.
Christine
Christine was found abandoned and was admitted to a babies' home in September 2004.
Shadreck
Shadreck’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
George
George's mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was a young child, he was carried on his mother’s back as she wandered the city of Accra.
Aida
Aida was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by the Katherine Hines Ministries, a local orphanage in Kampala.
Godwin
Godwin lived with his unemployed aunt and uncle before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011.
Martha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Chipo
Chipo’s parents died in a tragic bus accident. Chipo's mother was pregnant with her at the time of the bus accident, and she lived just long enough...
Yordanos
After their father died and their mother abandoned them, Yordanos and her younger brother lived with their grandmother. Their grandmother could not...
Justina
Justina and her twin sister Josephine arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Matias
After his mother died in 2009, Matias lived with his grandmother.
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her.
Sean
Sean’s mother abandoned him after his father was put in prison.
Adam
Adam is a double orphan. His mother and father died of malaria in 2007.
Bernice
After the death of their parents, Bernice and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Claude
Claude’s father died before he was born, and his mother died in the hospital giving birth to him.
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.