My Name is
Lemmy
Lemmy
Lemmy and his sister, Eva, were living with their grandmother, who did not have the means to feed them every day, before they came to Rafiki. Lemmy and Eva arrived at the the Rafiki Village Zambia in 2007 and soon benefited from the good diet, good hygiene, and loving family environment. Lemmy studies diligently and takes school seriously. Lemmy believes God has given him a new heart and that Jesus is his only Savior. He knows this is true because God has given him the faith to believe, and he trusts Him. He also understands that in return for what God has done for him, he will serve and praise Him forever.
DOB: Sep 9, 2003
Emmanuel
Emmanuel’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Violet
Violet's mother died in childbirth, and her father died just a year later.
Sarai
Sarai was taken in by her grandmother after the death of her father and mother.
Paul
Paul's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Isaac, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012.
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.
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Jamila Naomi
Naomi's mother gave her over to the care of her aunt.
Stephena
Stephena's father was killed by lightning and her mother died, along with Stephena's twin, while giving birth.
Awumbe
Awumbe and his brother and sister, Atimbil and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Timothy
Timothy was abandoned at a church as a small child.
Grace
Grace's parents died within one year of each other, and she was then put in the care of a maternal aunt.
Fred
Fred and his two brothers Champ and George were placed in the care of an elderly woman because their mother, who had physical disabilities, could...
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him after the death of his parents.
Diane
Diane’s father was never known. When her mother died in 2006, Diane went to live with her aunt.
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Jeff
Jeff’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Luke
Luke’s father was a soldier and died before he turned three.
Innocent
Innocent is a double orphan. He and his sister were approved by Social Welfare to come to Rafiki in May 2008. They have rapidly transformed thanks...
Chukwudi
Chukwudi is a double orphan, having lost his father in 2005 and his mother in 2008.
Livingstone
After the death of both his parents, Livingstone lived with his grandfather.
Joseph Owen
Owen and his three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Dativa
Dativa’s mother died of AIDs, and her father is unknown to the family.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.