My Name is
Ruth
Ruth
Ruth’s mother died in September 2002, and her father is unknown. After her mother’s death, she lived with her aunts and uncles who were unable to care for her. Ruth arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Ruth has graduated from the Rafiki School and is studying at university. She is now in her second year at Bingham University. Ruth appreciates the presence of God around her as she goes about her daily life. She is learning to trust and obey Him in the little things. Ruth strives to commit herself to God's word and to always stand up for the truth.
DOB: Jul 15, 1998
Yeabsira
Yeabisira's mother left him with her brother when he was just one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Adam
Little is know about Adam's family and his parents whereabouts.
Maureen
Maureen's parents died in a road accident in 2004.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father had died before her.
Maria
Maria’s mother died giving birth to her, and her father died in a car accident in 2008.
Timothy
Timothy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local orphanage in Kampala, Uganda after he was abandoned and given to his grandmother as an...
Alice
After Alice’s mother and father died, she and her brother Wilson were left in the care of an uncle.
Sophie
Sophie was found abandoned and malnourished as young child.
Rahab
Rahab’s mother was unable to care for her and her father remains unknown.
Adele
Adele’s father struggled under the weight of caring for a young son with cerebral palsy, the children’s blind grandmother, and his own kidney...
Eunice
Eunice's father died when she was two years old, and her mother died a year later.
Susan
Susan was abandoned as a child and was placed in a temporary place for abandoned children before being assigned to the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006.
Boaz
Boaz's mother lacked the mental and physical faculties to adequately care for him. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2008.
Mary
Mary was referred to the Rafiki Village Kenya by an orphanage about four hours away. She came to Rafiki in October 2004.
Winston
Both of Winston’s parents are deceased.
Gabriel
Gabriel’s mother died in an accident, and his father died of complications from malaria.
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was a young child, he was carried on his mother’s back as she wandered the city of Accra.
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Godwin
Godwin lived with his unemployed aunt and uncle before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011.
Rebekah
Both of Rebekah’s parents died in 2004 from unknown causes.
Dumisani
After the death of his parents, Dumisani arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Onesmus
Onesmus's mother passed away two months after he was born.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.