My Name is
Patience
Patience
Patience was abandoned by her mother in 2005, and her father cared for her until he died in 2008. Patience's uncle took her into his home with his own six children and wife. Unable to care for Patience and his own family adequately, he contacted the Rafiki Foundation for assistance. Patience arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2009. Patience loves learning and her friends and teachers at school. Patience knows and loves Jesus as her Savior and Creator. Through her Bible class, she has learned to put her confidence in her sovereign and faithful Savior.
DOB: Oct 16, 2003
Bethel
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Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
Sharon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Israel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Akua
In 2007, Akua’s mother and father both died of illness a few months apart.
Mary
Mary was referred to the Rafiki Village Kenya by an orphanage about four hours away. She came to Rafiki in October 2004.
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
Nahom
When Nahom was just three years old, his mother died of a sudden illness, and after the mourning period, his father abandoned him.
Leonard
Leonard is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Boniface, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Praise
Praise's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father abandoned him.
Candace
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sam
Sam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Rebekah
Both of Rebekah’s parents died in 2004 from unknown causes.
Zawady
Zawady is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2006.
Nicole
Nicole's mother abandoned her and her father remains unknown.
Jordan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
George
George's mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Christine
Christine was found abandoned as a baby and was admitted into a babies’ home in 2004.
Caleb
Caleb’s mother was placed in prison when he was young child, and his father is unknown.
Jimmy
Jimmy and his two sisters, Jamesetta and Amelia, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Rahab
Rahab’s mother was unable to care for her and her father remains unknown.
Etsub
Etsub and her brother, Robel, lived with their mother before she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Mapalo
Mapalo’s grandmother was caring for ten of her grandchildren as well as four of her own children.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.