My Name is
Prince
Prince
Prince and his two brothers, Randy and Emmanuel, were abandoned by their mother as young children. Prince and his brothers arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in February 2009. Now, Prince’s teachers describe him as an excellent, self-disciplined, and hard-working student. He is a thoughtful young man who thinks deeply about his life and actions.
DOB: Jul 23, 2002
Chloe
Chloe is a double orphan; both of her parents died when she was around three years old.
Eve
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nancy
Both of Nancy's parents died when she was a young child
Mary
Mary and her brother, Emmanuel, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002.
Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Mitchiel
Mitchiel was brought to the Nairobi Children’s Home in May 2001 by the local police after her mentally ill mother was placed in a psychiatric...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
Austin
Both of Austin’s parents died when he was a young child.
Amelia
Amelia and her sister, Jamesetta, and brother, Jimmy, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Benon
Benon was born to a fifteen-year-old mother who died in child birth. His grandfather was old and unable to care for him. He was brought to an...
Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Maureen
Maureen's parents died in a road accident in 2004.
Henry
Henry's mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died soon after his mother.
Jummai
Both Jummai's parents died within two years of each other, and Jummai and her brother Ezekiel were left to be raised by her grandmother.
Patrick
Patrick’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was mentally ill and unable to care for him.
Mumo
Mumo arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya with his younger brother Kilonzi in 2006.
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003, and her mother then died in 2009.
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Nehemiah
Both Nehemiah’s mother and father are deceased.
Alex
Both of Alex's parents died of HIV in 2010.
Sindani
Sindani and her two older sisters were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their parents.
Cephas
Cephas's father died just before he was born, and his mother died when he was just four years old.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.