My Name is
Pamela
Pamela
Pamela and her brother, Francis, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009. Pamela is a sweet and helpful young woman with a joyful smile. She enjoys studying math and science in school. The Rafiki Bible Study, particularly the study of Thessalonians, has taught her to always be thankful, prayerful, and rejoicing. Her favorite hymn is "A Charge to Keep I Have" because it shows her God's Love.
DOB: Dec 7, 2005
Mary
Both of Mary’s parents were ill. Her father abandoned her mother, and her mother gave her up because she was too sick to care for her.
Boaz
Boaz's mother lacked the mental and physical faculties to adequately care for him. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2008.
Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown.
Abigail
Both of Abigail’s parents are deceased. Her father passed away the year she was born, and her mother died a year later.
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Simon
Both of Simon’s parents were farmers who passed away from unknown causes.
Nicole
Nicole's mother abandoned her and her father remains unknown.
Luka
Luka's mother died when he was a young child, and his father abandoned him.
Martin
Martin was abandoned in May 2002 when he was two years old. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2004.
Jeff
Jeff’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Flavia
Flavia and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Samson
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.
Jack
After Jack’s mother died in 2006, he began living with his grandparents.
Elijah
Elijah was referred to Rafiki by an orphanage four hours away from the Village.
Samuel
Samuel and his twin brother, Joshua, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in July 2013.
Michelle
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Christine
Christine was found abandoned as a baby and was admitted into a babies’ home in 2004.
Ben
Ben’s mother died in November 2006, and his father sometime before that.
Michael
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.