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
Dinah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old, and his father is unknown.
Ato
Both of Ato's parents were deaf, mute, and mentally challenged.
Susanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Memory
Memory’s mother died four days after her birth.
Julia
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Judith
Judith's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002. She and her brother Josiah came to the Village in 2004.
Lisa
Lisa’s mother died when she was two years old, and her father died two years later.
Ruth
After the death of their parents, Ruth and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Israel
Israel’s mother was mentally incapable of caring for him, and his father is unknown.
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was six months old, his mother took him to visit her cousin.
Judith
Judith’s father died in 2008, and her mother died in 2009.
Julie
Following the death of their parents, Julie and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Beniyam
Beniyam was born in Mojo. His mother died when he was three years old, and his father abandoned him, giving him to his maternal grandparents.
Eunice
Eunice's father died when she was two years old, and her mother died a year later.
Hillary
Hillary’s mother died in childbirth, so he was brought to the AIC babies’ home in Mogogosiek—a village four hours from Rafiki Village Kenya. He had...
Wanangwa
By 2007, Wanangwa had lost both of his parents to fatal illnesses.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old.
Joseph
Both of Joseph’s parents are deceased. He and his sister Abigail came to Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Neema
After the death of her mother and father, Neema lived with her elderly grandmother and adult sister.
Bernice
After the death of their parents, Bernice and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.