My Name is
Laurine
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006, and she and two other children were cared for by her grandmother who was 96 at the time. Though she tried, her grandmother could not properly provide for them, and social welfare asked Rafiki to care for Laurine. Laurine arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi a year later. She quickly embraced her new life and soon radiated with joy. Laurine enjoys singing and making music and is known to have a sweet spirit. She graduated from the Rafiki School in 2021 and now studies at university. She is thankful for her education at Rafiki which helps her to think critically and taught her the importance of hard work. Laurine steadfastly relies on God and prays that she will remain diligent in her studies.
DOB: Nov 30, 2000
Gifty
Gifty arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in June of 2009.
Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead.
Moses
Both of Moses's died when he was a young child.
Martha
Martha's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Bartholomew
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Timothy
Timothy was abandoned at a church as a small child.
Damaris
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Eliya
Eliya and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Moses
Moses and his twin sister were abandoned at a shopping center, found by strangers, and taken to a local district hospital.
Aneth
After the death of her parents, Aneth lived with her single aunt.
Rabson
Rabson and his brother, Vincent, lived with their grandmother after their parents died in 2011.
John
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Sandra
Sandra and her twin brother, Isaac, moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2011.
Peter
Both Peter's parents abandoned him when he was a young child.
James
After the death of his parents, James's grandmother took care of him and his brother, Frank.
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Obadiah
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Moses
The death of Moses's father left six orphans.
Martha
After the death of her parents, Martha and her sisters lived with their aunt.
James
James’s father died HIV+, and his mother also had HIV.
Queen
Queen’s mother died in 2007 and her father, unable to care for her, abandoned her.
Alice
Alice’s parents both died by 2005 and she was left in the care of her eighteen-year-old brother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.