My Name is
Peter
Peter
Both Peter's mother and father died when he was an infant. Social welfare services referred him to the Rafiki Village Kenya, and he arrived at the Village in 2007. He soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving environment at the Village. Peter now helps to ensure that class is secure by closing windows and putting things in their proper place once a lesson is finished. He is a social young man who is well-loved around the Village. He does well in science and language arts. Peter continues to grow in character as he learns more about God, and he strives to put God first in his life.
DOB: Apr 29, 2006
Patrick
Patrick’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was mentally ill and unable to care for him.
Gift
Gift and her sister, Peace, were orphaned in 2010 when their father died of AIDs. The mother abandoned the family in 2008 and is believed to be...
Austin
Austin’s father died in an accident when he was cutting down a tree, and his mother died in November, 2009 from malaria.
Denis
After the death of their father, Denis and his brother, Charles, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small room, one-room house.
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him after the death of his parents.
Dorcas/Deborah
Deborah lived with her parents until she was three years old and her parents and siblings went missing during the Jos religious riots. She arrived...
Clinton
After the death of their parents, Clinton and his sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009.
James
After the death of his parents, James's grandmother took care of him and his brother, Frank.
Chloe
The police found Chloe as a child in a house alone. They kept her in custody for some time while trying to locate her parents who were never found....
Josiah
Josiah's mother is deceased, and his father remains unknown. He and his twin brother Joseph arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2003.
Yeabsira
Yeabisira's mother left him with her brother when he was just one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Joshua
Joshua's parents were killed in 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and the families living there. Joshua, his twin brother Gideon, and...
Brenda
Both of Brenda's parents passed away in 2005 of an illness.
Uriah
By the time Uriah was two years old, both his father and mother had died.
Joshua
Joshua was abandoned by his sixteen-year-old mother.
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007 and his father some years earlier. After his mothers death, Gershom was cared for by a pastor from his home...
Donatha
When Donatha was extremely young, her mother and father both died of an illness.
Mary
Mary was referred to Rafiki by an orphanage about four hours away from the Rafiki Village Kenya. She came to Rafiki in October 2004.
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
Lydia
Lydia was orphaned when her mother died in 2003. Her father had passed away two years earlier. Lydia and her young brother Job lived with their...
Rahab
Rahab’s mother was unable to care for her and her father remains unknown.
Ibrahim
Ibrahim was quite fearful when he arrived at Rafiki Village Kenya in 2004. His background and history made him fearful of change and strangers.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.