My Name is
Samson
Samson
Both of Samson's parents died when he was a young child. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006. Samson enjoys school. He excels in history and computer class, and he desires to be either a historian or an artist. He says he is excited about the future God has placed in front of him. He continues to pray for his country, and he has been strengthened to trust God in every circumstance. Samson is striving to become a godly man, and he desires to teach the gospel to others and see their lives, and his life, transformed by God's Word.
DOB: Mar 3, 2001
Florence
Florence's father died before she was born and her mother died of an illness when she was only three months old.
Metsenanat
Metsenanat was abandoned by her parents and given to her grandmother.
Chukwudi
Chukwudi is a double orphan, having lost his father in 2005 and his mother in 2008.
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Bertha
Bertha lost both of her parents to an illness.
Kwasi
Kwasi and his twin sister, Akosua, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2009.
Linda
Linda's parents died in 2004. She was living with relatives for a time, but they found they could not provide for her and her brother, Caleb.
Bernice
Bernice was in the care of her paternal uncle before arriving at the Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Abigail
Abigail was abandoned in the annex of a Nairobi hospital grounds.
Theresa
Theresa was abandoned at seven months old by her mother at a shop in downtown Monrovia, Liberia.
Kasayoka
Nancy's (Kasayoka) father died when she was two and her mother died eighteen months later.
Kirk
Kirk was found abandoned at the police lines in the city of Nairobi, Kenya.
Abel
After Abel's mother was killed in a car accident, an elderly neighbor brought Abel into her home.
Furahini
Furahini and her sister, Scolastika, lived with their grandmother after their mother disappeared.
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandparents shortly after her birth.
Sensee
Sensee’s mother died three days after giving birth to her.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel’s mother died in 2007, and his father drowned in a river while fishing in 2009.
Peace
Peace and her sister, Gift, were orphaned in 2010 when their father died of AIDs.
Aida
Aida was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by the Katherine Hines Ministries, a local orphanage in Kampala.
Gabriel
Gabriel’s mother died in an accident, and his father died of complications from malaria.
Sharon
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Richard
Richard’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.