My Name is
Rena
Rena
Rena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister, Serena. Her father also died in 2008 from an illness. Rena and her sister lived with an impoverished aunt who struggled to provide for the needs of the twins and her own children. She has appealed to the Rafiki Foundation for help, and the girls arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2010. Rena loves to tell and write stories, so naturally her favorite subject is English. She also loves to sing. When she grows up, she wants to be a singer or a writer, or both. She knows that Jesus loves her, and she is thankful to the Lord for the good education she receives from Rafiki.
DOB: May 18, 2006
Frankson
Frankson and his older sister, Ariet, were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Kirk
Kirk was found abandoned at the police lines in the city of Nairobi, Kenya.
Samson
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Morris
Morris’ was brought to an orphanage in Kitui in April, 2003 after both his parents died.
Ruth
Ruth’s mother brought her to the nursery of a hospital for an exam and then abandoned her there.
Isaac
Isaac's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Paul, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012. The boys' mother passed...
Stephena
Stephena's father was killed by lightning and her mother died, along with Stephena's twin, while giving birth.
Moses
Social Services recommended that Moses be removed from his home because his parents could not take care of him properly.
Gideon
Gideon's parents were killed in 2010 when mudslides buried their village and the families living there.
Anna
Anna was left on a porch in Monrovia, Liberia when she was eighteen months old.
Agnes
Agnes was abandoned by her family and was referred to the Rafiki Village Uganda at two years of age.
Martha
After the death of her parents, Martha and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Lemmy
Lemmy and his sister, Eva, were living with their grandmother, who did not have the means to feed them every day, before they came to Rafiki.
Elube
Elube’s parents died when she was a young child.
Tizeta
Tizeta was abandoned by her mother, and her father is unknown.
Nicodemus
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David
David's mother died in 2003 while giving birth, and his father's whereabouts remain unknown.
Sara
Sara's mother abandoned her when she was an infant, and her father remains unknown.
Bernice
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Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emily
Before Emily arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, she was in the care of an aunt and uncle who did not have the means to properly feed her.
Mary
Mary and her brother, Emmanuel, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002.
Peter
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.