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
Thandiwe
After her mother's death, Thandiwe was sent to live with her great grandmother.
Lemmy
Lemmy and his sister, Eva, were living with their grandmother, who did not have the means to feed them every day, before they came to Rafiki.
Innocent
Innocent was abandoned as a young child and was then referred to a babies' home.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Wesen
Wesen's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Abraham, eighteen months later.
Moses
The death of Moses's father left six orphans.
Diana
Diana and her twin brother, Dereck were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Adam
Adam’s mother died giving birth to him, and his father died from complications of malaria.
Teeweh
Teeweh and his older sister Adele arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012 after their mother died and their father gave them up.
Winnie
Winnie's young mother died while giving birth to her, and her father died after being hit by a car.
Edwin
Edwin’s father abandoned him when he was a young child, leaving him with his uncle.
Mary
Mary and her sister Rachael arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Timothy
Timothy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local orphanage in Kampala, Uganda after he was abandoned and given to his grandmother as an...
Ato
Both of Ato's parents were deaf, mute, and mentally challenged.
Lusia
After Lusia's mother died, she lived with her aunt
Robert
Robert’s father admitted him to the hospital due to malnutrition in 2001.
Grace
Grace's parents died within one year of each other, and she was then put in the care of a maternal aunt.
Christine
Christine was found abandoned and was admitted to a babies' home in September 2004.
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007, and his father died some years before that.
Leah
Leah was abandoned as a baby, and her parents remain unknown.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dumisani
After the death of his parents, Dumisani arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Mary
Both of Mary’s parents were ill. Her father abandoned her mother, and her mother gave her up because she was too sick to care for her.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.