My Name is
Mercy

Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants. Mercy and her younger twin brothers, Gideon and Joshua, survived. After an investigation by a social welfare officer, the children were moved to the Rafiki Village Uganda. The siblings arrived at the Village in 2010. Mercy's favorite subjects are math and science. She speaks fluent Luganda, a vernacular that has come in handy when she visits her extended relatives on school breaks. She enjoys conversing with them. Mercy says she trusts Jesus because he came to take her place for her sins on the cross. She is committed to loving others well and seeking godly wisdom throughout her life.
DOB: May 12, 2005
Adeline
Adeline arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Alice
After Alice’s mother and father died, she and her brother Wilson were left in the care of an uncle.
Joseph
Joseph's mother was disabled, and they were internally displaced as a result of the 2007-post-presidential elections violence.
Emmanuella
Emmanuella (Muki) arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister Phiona arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2005.
Jacob
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Kwame
Kwame, along with his brother and sister, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Queen
Queen’s mother died in 2007 and her father, unable to care for her, abandoned her.
Tabitha
Both of Tabitha’s parents died before she was four years old, leaving her and her four older brothers and sisters as orphans.
Jehoshaphat
Both of Jehosephat’s parents died of a fatal illness when he was a young child.
Francesca
Francesca's mentally ill mother would leave her, her brother Martey, and her sister Selom unattended for days at a time.
Onesmus
Onesmus's mother passed away two months after he was born.
John
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Joe
Joe was placed in the care of an aunt after his mother and father died.
Jonah
Jonah’s father died when he was just a year old, and his mother died soon after.
David
At eight months old, David was abandoned in a suburb of Kampala, Uganda.
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Benjamin
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Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died two days after he was born.
Karen
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Mehiret
Before coming to Rafiki, Mehiret lived with her maternal grandmother.
Grace
Grace was orphaned when she was only three months old.
Catherine
Catherine was abandoned immediately after she was born.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.