My Name is
Leah
Leah
Leah has been an orphan since 2003. Leah and her younger brother, Elijah, went to live with a distant relative who had four children of his own to care for. Unable to support the children, the extended family released Leah and her brother to the care of the Rafiki Village Nigeria; they arrived at the Village in 2004. Leah is strengthened by God's promise to never leave nor forsake His people. She is learning to trust in the Lord more and more each day, and she wants to glorify God in whatever she does.
DOB: Dec 31, 2001
Praise
Praise's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father abandoned him.
Kevin
Kevin was found in the central district of Nairobi by the local police in December 2001. He was brought to a children’s home to wait while the...
Patience
Patience’s father was a soldier and died before she turned 3.
Hellen
Helen was found lost and crying in the streets in 2003.
Barakael
Barakael's mother died when he was one year old, and his father is unknown.
Jeremiah
At two months of age, Jeremiah was abandoned at a local hospital.
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned when she was just one week old.
Yeabsira
Yeabisira's mother left him with her brother when he was just one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Jimmy
Jimmy and his two sisters, Jamesetta and Amelia, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Molly
Molly was abandoned when she was eight months old and brought to a local police station in 2003.
Yaw
Yaw and his two sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Jummai
Both Jummai's parents died within two years of each other, and Jummai and her brother Ezekiel were left to be raised by her grandmother.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown.
Mary
Mary lived in the A. I. Children's Home in Kitui before coming to Rafiki.
Doreen
Doreen’s mother abandoned her in 2011, and her father is unknown.
Jimmy
Jimmy and his twin sister Jane were brought to a local police station after their mother died in the Kenyatta National hospital.
Mavis
Mavis was orphaned when both of her parents died of illnesses.
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her.
Sharon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mapalo
Mapalo’s grandmother was caring for ten of her grandchildren as well as four of her own children.
Gifty
Gifty arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in June of 2009.
Thomas
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi, Thomas and sister, Gloria, lived with their impoverished grandmother and the six other children she...
Vivian
Vivian’s mother was mentally ill, and her father was unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.