My Name is
Lonnie
Lonnie
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, Lonnie was called “Lonely” because both of her parents were deceased. After her arrival at the Village, Lonnie was no longer lonely! She soon proved to be a well-rounded student, and she spends her free time sharpening her academic skills. Lonnie knows that God loves her because he has provided for her through the Rafiki Foundation. She has made a commitment to learn more about Jesus and to always love Him.
DOB: Apr 24, 2004
Clint
Clint was found abandoned at the edge of Thogoto Forest in Dagoretti
Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.
Uwase
Uwase’s parents died in 2010.
Josiah
Josiah's mother is deceased, and his father remains unknown. He and his twin brother Joseph arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2003.
Margaret
Margaret’s mother died when she was an infant.
Wesen
Wesen's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Abraham, eighteen months later.
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac.
Kelvin
Kelvin and his sister had been in the care of their grandparents since the death of their mother and father. The grandparents found it difficult to...
Lisa
Lisa’s mother died when she was two years old, and her father died two years later.
Umu Blessing
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Miriam
Miriam was found at a local market in the Machakos district of Kenya.
Maria
After both Maria's parents died, she was left in the care of her impoverished grandmother who could not adequately care for her.
Comfort
Comfort arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Yordanos
Yordanos’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandfather, in 2006.
Sharon
Sharon's mother is deceased and her father is unknown.
Grace
Grace's father died in 2007 in a motor accident.
Uwase
Uwase’s parents died of an unknown sickness.
Juliet Babirye
Juliet and her twin brother Kato were brought to a babies' home as young children after they were abandoned by their mother and father.
Deborah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sean
Sean’s mother abandoned him after his father was put in prison.
Dinah
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 orphaned as an infant and brought to a babies' home in Kitui in 1997.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.