My Name is
Lillian
Lillian
Lillian lost both her parents to AIDS when she was a young child. She was then placed in the care of her impoverished aunt. Though she tried, Lillian's aunt could not properly care for her and the nine other children in her care. Lillian was referred by social welfare and arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006. She enjoys learning about East African history and knows that God is in history, shaping events and lives. She also loves Bible class and understands that she has the privilege to tell others about Jesus. Lillian trusts in Jesus as her personal Lord and Savior and wants to serve Him with her whole being.
DOB: Dec 12, 2003
Christina
After Christina and her two sisters, Peace and Tendo, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Wongani
Both Wongani's parents died by the time he was two years old.
Maureen
Maureen's parents died in a road accident in 2004.
Ruth
Ruth’s mother brought her to the nursery of a hospital for an exam and then abandoned her there.
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Sara
Sara's mother abandoned her when she was a young child, and her father remains unknown.
Lusia
After Lusia's mother died, she lived with her aunt
Molly
Molly was abandoned when she was eight months old and brought to a local police station in 2003.
John
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gabriel
After Gabriel's father died in 2006, his ailing mother contacted social welfare services to intervene in her son's life.
Benson Michael
Benson Michael was found at the prison grounds by a woman who took him to the police station on August 28, 2005.
Clinton
After the death of their parents, Clinton and his sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died two days after he was born.
Innocent
Innocent was abandoned as a young child and was then referred to a babies' home.
Irene
After both her mother and father abandoned her, Irene lived with her grandmother for a time.
Jennifer
Jennifer and her twin sisters lived with their aunt and her family after the death of their parents.
Alice
Both Alice's mother and father died in 2005, and her grandparents were also deceased.
Emmanuella (Muki)
Emmanuella's (Muki) mother died in June 2008. She lived with her father until he died in July 2008. After living with an aunt who could not...
Gertrude
Gertrude (Trudy) was orphaned after her father and mother died within a year of each other.
Jane
Both Jane's parents died when she was a young child, making her a double orphan.
Kyle
Kyle was abandoned by his father shortly after he was born.
Charles
After the death of their father, Charles and his brother, Denis, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small, one-room house.
Beniyam
Beniyam was born in Mojo. His mother died when he was three years old, and his father abandoned him, giving him to his maternal grandparents.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.