My Name is
Nicole

Nicole
Nicole's mother abandoned her and her father remains unknown. Nicole was approved by the social welfare department to join the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2014. Nicole is kind, respectful, and polite. She has a sweet disposition and is a joy to be with. Nicole loves music, physical education, math, and class competitions. She enjoys reading, is very active in class, and exhibits good moral values. She continues to grow spiritually by reading her Bible every day, participating in family devotions, and going to church.
DOB: Sep 1, 2010
Moses
Social Services recommended that Moses be removed from his home because his parents could not take care of him properly.
Martin
Martin and his sister, Grace, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Juliet
Juliet lost her mother in 2003 and her father in 2004. She was then put in the care of an aunt who could not care for her basic needs. She arrived...
Michael
Michael’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and his father died after an accident.
Mehiret
Before coming to Rafiki, Mehiret lived with her maternal grandmother.
Nikolas
After both Nikolas's parents died when he was a young child, his ailing grandmother referred him to the Rafiki Foundation. He arrived at the Rafiki...
Sarah
Sarah was born prematurely in a private clinic in March 2005. Her mother disappeared soon after she took Sarah to the hospital, and her father...
Hope
Hope’s father died HIV positive, and his mother was also living HIV positive and was very sick. She wanted Hope placed in a good home before she died.
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was a young child, he was carried on his mother’s back as she wandered the city of Accra.
Bethlehem
Bethlehem's (Betty's) mother abandoned her to go find work and left her with a neighbor.
Mercy
Mercy is a double orphan. She and and her sister Elikana were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let...
Joanna
Joanna is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Janet, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Albert
After the death of both of his parents, Albert arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Elizabeth
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ebenezer
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 two sisters, Jamesetta and Amelia, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Hellen
Helen was found lost and crying in the streets in 2003.
Janjay
Janjay’s mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died shortly after in a car accident.
Ester
Ester was in the care of her impoverished grandmother after her parents died of a fatal illness.
Adele
Adele’s father struggled under the weight of caring for a young son with cerebral palsy, the children’s blind grandmother, and his own kidney...
Alice
Both Alice's mother and father died in 2005, and her grandparents were also deceased.
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Eltonia
Eltonia and her younger brother, Kwaku, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.