My Name is
Mika

Mika
Mika and his brother, Bulus, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents. Though they tried, the grandparents struggled to provide for the boys' basic needs. Social welfare reviewed the situation and contacted Rafiki. Mika and Bulus arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in February 2010. Now, Mika's strongest subjects are grammar, science, and Hausa: a local language. Through the Rafiki Bible Study and family devotionals, Mika has learned the importance of trusting God and being a person of integrity. He hopes to encourage others just as the Bible has encouraged him.
DOB: Feb 8, 2004
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father is unknown.
Kefas
Kafes’s father died a few months before he was born, and his mother died when he was two years old.
Blessing
Blessing was abandoned by her mother, and her father remains unknown.
Reuben
Reuben’s mother died in 2007, and his father is unknown.
Simon
Both of Simon’s parents were farmers who passed away from unknown causes.
Patience
Patience was abandoned by her mother in 2005, and her father cared for her until he died in 2008.
Ezekiel
Both Ezekiel's parents died within two years of each other, and Ezekiel was left to be raised by his grandmother.
Julia
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Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead.
Christabel
After both of Christabel’s parents died of illness, she and her brother Jehosephat arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008.
Adonay
Adonay's mother tried to abandon him on the street in the Somali Region, but a man from the health station intervened and gave her some money to...
Lillian
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jimmy
Jimmy and his twin sister Jane were brought to a local police station after their mother died in the Kenyatta National hospital.
Celestina
Celestina and her sister, Esther, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Jordan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Pamela
Pamela and her brother, Francis, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Samuel
Samuel was like many children when they first arrive at Rafiki. He arrived with no shoes, and he looked very malnourished.
Jummai
Both Jummai's parents died within two years of each other, and Jummai and her brother Ezekiel were left to be raised by her grandmother.
Akua
In 2007, Akua’s mother and father both died of illness a few months apart.
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother, Malesse, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Linda
Linda’s parents died in 2006, and she and her sister, Beatrice, were then left in the care of their aunt.
Blessing
Blessing’s father died in a motor accident before she was born, and her mother died three weeks after her birth.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.