My Name is
Kwaku
Kwaku
Kwaku and his older sister, Eltonia, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009. Kwaku is a very intelligent young man. He learns quickly and enjoys reading and studying math. His favorite activity is playing soccer. Kwaku prays to grow in wisdom and knowledge and strives to keep God's commandments.
DOB: Apr 16, 2008
Hannah
Hannah’s mother abandoned her shortly after she was born.
Amelia
Amelia and her sister, Jamesetta, and brother, Jimmy, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Rachael
Rachael and her sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010.
Kwasi
Kwasi and his twin sister, Akosua, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2009.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Abel
Abel's mother died when he was one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Peter
Both Peter's parents abandoned him when he was a young child.
Adonay
Adonay's mother tried to abandon him on the street in the Somali Region, but a man from the health station intervened and gave her some money to...
Francesca
Francesca's mentally ill mother often left her and her two siblings unattended for days at a time.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Linda
Linda's parents died in 2004. She was living with relatives for a time, but they found they could not provide for her and her brother, Caleb.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Joshua
Joshua and his twin brother, Samuel, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in July 2013.
Mumo
Mumo arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya with his younger brother Kilonzi in 2006.
Sarah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Jennifer
Jennifer and her twin sisters lived with their aunt and her family after the death of their parents.
Eltonia
Eltonia and her younger brother, Kwaku, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Jehoshaphat
Both of Jehosephat’s parents died of a fatal illness when he was a young child.
Gideon
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.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.