My Name is
Kiziya
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac. Kiziya and Isaac were placed in the care of their paternal uncle who was caring for his own children and wife and sought to help raise Kiziya and her brother. The siblings arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2007. Kiziya says God makes Himself known to her through His Word and through the godly people around her. She enjoys school and reading. Kiziya wishes to encourage others in their Christian walk.
DOB: Aug 21, 2001
Timothy
Timothy was orphaned as an infant and brought to a babies' home in Kitui in 1997.
Rachel Mwila
Rachel was one of thirteen children living at a farm with her grandparents.
Clementine
Clementine was brought to her uncle in 2009 after both her parents died of sickness
Clifford
Clifford and his brother, Namukolo, were living with their parents in the Kanakantappa Village when their mother died in 2010.
Adeline
Adeline and her mother were living with a family friend when her mother left one day and never returned.
Beatrice
Beatrice’s mother was mentally ill and living on the streets.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel and his sister, Mary, were born to a mentally-ill mother who lacked the mental and physical faculties to care for them, and their father...
Hana
Hana’s mother died in 2008, and her father remains unknown.
Tabitha
Tabitha was left in the care of her elderly grandparents after her mother died.
Olivia
Olivia and her twin sister, Gloria, were placed in the care of their uncle after their father died.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel lived with his elderly grandmother after the death of his parents.
Augustine
Augustine, his twin brother Augustus, and older brother Gideon, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Jane
Both Jane's parents died when she was a young child, making her a double orphan.
Clint
Clint was found abandoned at the edge of Thogoto Forest in Dagoretti
Natnael
After his mother died, Natnael went to live with his grandmother.
Jimmy
Jimmy and his two sisters, Jamesetta and Amelia, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Rebecca
Rebecca’s mother died and her father was killed when she was a young child.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was unable to care for him and abandoned him.
Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead.
Philip
Philip’s mother died in childbirth, and his father died of cancer in 2005.
Brenda
Both of Brenda's parents passed away in 2005 of an illness.
Moses
Social Services recommended that Moses be removed from his home because his parents could not take care of him properly.
John
John’s mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.