My Name is
Lucy
Lucy
After Lucy's parents died in 2011, she lived with an unemployed uncle and his children until Social Welfare contacted the Rafiki Foundation in 2012 about her long-term care. Lucy is now a good student who has learned the value of hard work. She is learning to study hard and concentrate on her schoolwork. In her spare time, she enjoys playing basketball and soccer and is skilled at both sports. She enjoys reading God's Word and studying it each day with her Rafiki family.
DOB: Apr 24, 2006
Kwame
Kwame was brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in March 2011.
Witness
Witness lived most of her early life in an orphanage.
Peter
Both Peter's mother and father died when he was an infant.
Simon
When just an infant, Simon was found abandoned near a hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
Hope
Hope arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Hannah
Hannah’s mother abandoned her shortly after she was born.
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died when he was nine months old, and his father is unknown.
Rebecca
Rebecca's mother abandoned her shortly after giving birth to her.
John
John’s parents were killed in a tragic bus accident. His mother was pregnant with his little sister, Chipo, at the time of the accident, and she...
Erick
Erick lived with his impoverished uncle who could not provide for his needs before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Peter
Peter's mother died of meningitis one month after his birth.
Ezekiel
Both Ezekiel's parents died within two years of each other, and Ezekiel was left to be raised by his grandmother.
Gabriela
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Isaac
Isaac's mother died while delivering him, and his father died the following year in a car accident.
Mary
Mary lived with her maternal grandmother after her mother's death. Her mother died in 2003 when Mary just over one year old.
Catherine
Catherine was abandoned immediately after she was born.
Sharon
Sharon's mother is deceased, and her father is unknown.
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Christina
After Christina and her two sisters, Peace and Tendo, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Felix
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Simon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.