My Name is
Mitchiel
Mitchiel
Mitchiel was brought to the Nairobi Children’s Home in May 2001 by the local police after her mentally ill mother was placed in a psychiatric hospital. Mitchiel arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in November 2003. Mitchiel always contributes well in classroom discussions, especially in Bible lessons, and she enjoys learning every subject. She has learned from the Rafiki Bible Study that God leads and guides us in our spiritual walk with Him. She continues to pray that she grows in faith and that God would mold her character.
DOB: Sep 25, 2000
Zawady
Zawady is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2006.
Gladys
Gladys arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Catherine
Both Catherine's mother and father are deceased.
Peter
Peter’s grandmother and other relatives cared for him after the death of his parents.
Mumo
Mumo arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya with his younger brother Kilonzi in 2006.
Paul
Paul's mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father remains unknown. Upon arriving at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2012, it was learned...
Kelvin
Kelvin was orphaned in 2002 and nothing is known about his family.
Dennis
Dennis arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned her when she was one month old.
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents.
Olivia
Olivia and her twin sister, Gloria, were placed in the care of their uncle after their father died.
Malesse
Malesse and his twin sister, Zalalem, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Paul
Paul’s father died during the religious riots that occurred in Jos, Nigeria in 2001.
Elikem
Elikem and his sister, Abena, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2003.
Pamela
Pamela and her brother, Francis, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Darris
Darris's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Robert
Robert’s father admitted him to the hospital due to malnutrition in 2001.
Leah
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Tabitha
Both of Tabitha’s parents died before she was four years old, leaving her and her four older brothers and sisters as orphans.
Namukolo
Namukolo and his brother, Clifford, lived with his parents in a small rural village before their mother died in 2010. The father abandoned them and...
Theresa
Theresa’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Josephine.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.