My Name is
Perpetual
Perpetual
Perpetual arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010. She soon proved to be a funny and lively young woman with a big personality. She is learning to be well-behaved and helpful and to try her best in all she does. Her favorite hymn is "Have Thine Own Way, Lord" because it reminds her that God made her. She prays that God will give her a love for learning and guide her future.
DOB: Jun 10, 2007
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.
Priscilla
Priscilla and her sister, Erica, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
Miriam
Miriam was found at a local market in the Machakos district of Kenya.
Nicodemus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Umu
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Theresa
Theresa’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Josephine.
Aynalem
Aynalem was three years old when her mother died. Her father remains unknown.
Faith
Faith’s mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia.
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
Lois
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Baraka
Baraka’s mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father is unknown.
Pererat
Pererat’s mother died soon after he was born, and his father disappeared after the Jos riots in 2008.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Eva
Eva and her brother Lemmy were living with their grandmother, who attempted to feed the children on a daily basis but often was not able to.
Rachel
Rachel was orphaned when she was just three months old and was then taken in by her grandparents.
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both of his parents at birth and was being cared for by a state-run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three,...
Valiness
From a young age, Valiness lived with her impoverished grandmother who could not provide for her needs.
Gabriel
Gabriel’s mother died in an accident, and his father died of complications from malaria.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Moses
The death of Moses's father left six orphans.
Godiya
Godiya’s father died before she was born, and her mother died when she was a year old.
Aquila
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.