My Name is
Kwame
Kwame
Kwame, along with his brother and sister, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002. During his free time, Kwame likes to play soccer, and he also enjoys taking time to marvel at God's creation. Now a graduate, Kwame is being supported by a Rafiki scholarship in his pursuit of further education. Kwame sees God's faithfulness in giving him a home at the Village where he constantly heard God's Word. Kwame makes good choices, is mature, and seeks to discern what is right in the Lord's eyes.
DOB: Dec 12, 1999
John
John arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 after both of his parents died.
Anjela
After being abandoned by her mother, Anjela lived with her elderly grandfather in a small mud hut.
Marie Jeanne
Marie Jeanne was brought to her elderly, sickly grandmother when she was a young child after both of her parents died of sickness.
Kilonzi
Kilonzi arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya with his older brother Mumo in 2006.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth’s father died in 2005, and her mother died soon after in 2007.
Margaret
Margaret’s mother died when she was an infant.
Smart
Smart’s mother died two weeks after his birth, and his father died soon after her.
Julius
Julius’s mother abandoned him after his father died. He came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in March 2008.
Simon
Simon was found abandoned near a hospital in Kampala, Uganda on March 13, 2005.
Ben
Before arriving at the Rafiki village, Ben and his five siblings lived with their grandmother, along with her six children, in a one-room house.
Alice
Both Alice's mother and father died in 2005, and her grandparents were also deceased.
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Blessing
Blessing’s father died in a motor accident before she was born, and her mother died three weeks after her birth.
Lucia
Lucia’s mother died shortly after she gave birth to her.
Natnael
After his mother died, Natnael went to live with his grandmother.
Isaac
Isaac and his twin sister, Sandra, moved to their home at the Rafiki Village Ghana in March 2011.
Sandra
Sandra lived in her uncle's care after her parent's death.
Frank
After the death of his parents, Frank's grandmother took care of him and his brother, James.
Carol
Carol lived with her grandmother after her mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for her, and her father abandoned the family when she...
Sharon
Sharon's mother is deceased and her father is unknown.
Peter
Both Peter's parents abandoned him when he was a young child.
Yesunesh
Yesunesh was born in Mojo, Ethiopia. Her father died when she was only a few months old, and her mother abandoned her few months after that.
Belis
Belis' mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.