My Name is
Luke
Luke
Luke’s father was a soldier and died before he turned three. He and his sister, Patience, lived with their three older siblings and their mother until she died from a brief illness. Luke's grandmother was impoverished and was unable to care for him and his sister, so she sought help. Luke and his sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Luke has completed his studies at Rafiki and has been taking computer hardware and software classes at a computer school in Jos, Nigeria. Luke continues to strive to make good use of his time and seek God more often. He is learning to follow God no matter the cost.
DOB: May 25, 1999
Ellen
Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2003.
Peter
Both Peter's mother and father died when he was an infant.
Fortuna
Fortuna and her brother Surafel were left in their uncle's care when their mother and father died.
Sumaya
Sumaya's father died when she was a young child, and her mother started living with another man who was unwilling to care for her.
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ethel
Both Ethel's parents died within two years of each other.
Jehu
Jehu's mother died of yellow fever and his father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Moses
Social Services recommended that Moses be removed from his home because his parents could not take care of him properly.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry.
Ruki
Ruki and her older sister were abandoned by their parents at a young age. The two girls were living on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Felix
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
David
David was abandoned as a newborn at a local hospital and discovered by the night staff.
Kwame
Kwame, along with his brother and sister, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Bertha
Bertha lost both of her parents to an illness.
Yaw
Yaw and his two sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned when she was just one week old.
Susanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Innocent
Innocent’s mother died in 2005, and his father abandoned him, leaving him in the care of an uncle who also abandoned him as a child.
Gideon
Gideon's parents were killed in 2010 when mudslides buried their village and the families living there.
Virginiah
Virginiah is a double orphan.
Amelia
Amelia and her sister, Jamesetta, and brother, Jimmy, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Yordanos
Yordanos’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandfather, in 2006.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.