My Name is
Nixon
Nixon
Nixon's father died early in his life, and his mother also had a fatal illness. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007. Nixon says that his best subject is math. He would like to be a pilot someday and believes that being good at math will be important in that career. Nixon knows that God loves him and that God brought him to Rafiki to study the Bible and learn about Jesus.
DOB: Nov 2, 2004
Paul
Paul’s father died during the religious riots that occurred in Jos, Nigeria in 2001.
Joshua
Joshua was abandoned by his sixteen-year-old mother.
Ruth
Both of Ruth's parents are deceased. She and her brother Christopher lived with their grandmother before she sought help from social welfare...
Racheal
After both her parents died, Racheal lived in her grandfather's care.
Mabel
Mabel, her brother, and her sister moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010.
Erick
Erick’s mother died a few hours after he was born due to complications with his delivery.
Abel
Abel's mother died when he was one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Takula
Takula’s mother died in 2005 of a fatal illness, and his father died two years later.
Diana
Diana and her twin brother, Dereck were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Gad
Gad's mother died immediately after he was born in 2010 in Kigali, Rwanda.
Kilonzi
Kilonzi arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya with his older brother Mumo in 2006.
Emmanuel
Both Emmanuel's parents abandoned him when he was a small child.
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...
Bethel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever.
Christina
After Christina and her two sisters, Peace and Tendo, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Simon
When just an infant, Simon was found abandoned near a hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
Henry
Henry's mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died soon after his mother.
Brenda
Both of Brenda's parents passed away in 2005 of an illness.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father disappeared after her mother's death.
Aquila
Aquila and his sister Priscilla literally lost their father in Jan 2000, when he went missing after riots broke out near their village. Considered...
Albert
After the death of both of his parents, Albert arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Tabitha
Both of Tabitha’s parents died before she was four years old, leaving her and her four older brothers and sisters as orphans.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.