My Name is
Odel
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her. Though she tried, her aunt struggled to care for Odel and asked the Rafiki Foundation for help. Odel arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2010. She soon began to blossom under the loving care of her Rafiki Mother. Odel enjoys studying mathematics because she likes to learn about numbers and to solve problems. She hopes to be a teacher when she grows up. She loves Jesus because He loved her first and died for her sins.
DOB: May 14, 2008
Divine
Divine was placed in the care of her aunt after both her parents died of an illness.
Linda
Linda’s parents died in 2006, and she and her sister, Beatrice, were then left in the care of their aunt.
Nasha
Nasha, her sister, and cousin were in their grandmother's care after her father's death.
Isaac
Isaac was brought to the Rafiki Village in 2011.
Esther
Esther and her sister, Celestina, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Gift
Gift was abandoned by his parents at a young age and placed in the care of his grandmother.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father had died before her.
Jimmy
Jimmy and his twin sister Jane were brought to a local police station after their mother died in the Kenyatta National hospital.
James
After the death of his parents, James's grandmother took care of him and his brother, Frank.
Joseph
Both of Joseph’s parents are deceased. He and his sister Abigail came to Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Innocent
Innocent was abandoned as a young child and was then referred to a babies' home.
Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Ermias
Ermias' mother was mentally handicapped. She abandoned Ermias and his sister, Mehiret, and gave them to the care of their impoverished grandmother.
Israel
Israel’s mother died in 2001 when he was two years old, and his father died in 2003.
Ruki
Ruki and her older sister were abandoned by their parents at a young age. The two girls were living on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Elube
Elube’s parents died when she was a young child.
Mwiza
Mwiza arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2006 after the death of his parents.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned her when she was one month old.
Maureen
Maureen's parents died in a road accident in 2004.
Tracy
Both Tracy's (Tamar’s) parents died of illness in 2002.
Ezekiel
Both Ezekiel's parents died within two years of each other, and Ezekiel was left to be raised by his grandmother.
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.