My Name is
Miriam
Miriam
Miriam and her younger brother, Daniel, were placed in their grandfather's care after their parents died. Their grandfather was too burdened, having to care for eight other children, to continue caring for them. Both Miriam and her brother were placed by Social Welfare at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in July 2005. Miriam has completed her studies at the Rafiki School and is being supported through her university studies. She has seen God's work in her life, and she is thankful that she was accepted to university. She is also humbled by God's forgiveness, and she wants to forgive others as he has forgiven her. Miriam continues to desire to draw closer to God as she studies His Word.
DOB: Oct 10, 1999
Vivian
Vivian’s mother was mentally ill, and her father was unknown.
Barakael
Barakael's mother died when he was one year old, and his father is unknown.
Ebenezer
Ebenezer and his brother, Edmund, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in May 2009.
Isaac
Isaac and his twin sister, Sandra, moved to their home at the Rafiki Village Ghana in March 2011.
Julia
Kenny
Kenny mother died of an illness when he was a young child, and his father remains unknown.
Metsenanat
Metsenanat was abandoned by her parents and given to her grandmother.
Segen
Segen's young mother abandoned her soon after giving birth to her, leaving Segen with her grandmother.
Gideon
Gideon's parents were killed in 2010 when mudslides buried their village and the families living there.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel’s mother died in 2007, and his father drowned in a river while fishing in 2009.
Abraham
Abraham’s mother died when he was just nine months old.
Rebeccah
Rebecca was admitted to a babies' home in October 2004.
Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Enoch
Enoch’s father died in 2008, and his mother died the following year.
Philemon
Loveness
Loveness is a double orphan; her mother died just ten months after she was born, and her father died some time before that.
Judith
Judith’s mother passed away when she was young, and she was then cared for by various relatives before arriving at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2004.
Dadi
Both of Dadi’s parents died in 2005.
Austin
In December of 2008 Austin went to live with an aunt in Monrovia after his parents died.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth’s father died in 2005, and her mother died soon after in 2007.
Ebenezer
Betty
Both of Betty’s parents died when she was young. Her mother contracted cerebral malaria, and her father died in a car accident.
Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her brother, Clinton, were placed in the care of their grandparents.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.