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
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Mary
Mary and her brother, Emmanuel, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002.
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was a young child, he was carried on his mother’s back as she wandered the city of Accra.
Andrew
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2008, Andrew was a double orphan living with his impoverished aunt who only survived off the...
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac.
Tiwonge
Tiwonge first arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Rachel
Rachel is a double orphan. Both of her parents died tragically in 2007 and 2008.
Praise
Praise's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father abandoned him.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Phoebe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Purity
After her parents died in 2004, Purity was placed in the care of her aunt and uncle.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Mary
Mary and her sister Rachael arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Virginiah
Virginiah is a double orphan.
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father is unknown.
Jeremiah
After the death of his parents, Jeremiah lived with a family member. Though she tried, this family member could not provide for Jeremiah's basic...
Denise
When Denise was one month old, she was abandoned at the Kenyatta National hospital.
Hilda
Hilda was abandoned when she was two years old.
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Epa
Epa arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Joanna
Joanna is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Janet, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Kwasi
Kwasi and his twin sister, Akosua, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2009.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.