My Name is
Serena
Serena
Serena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Serena and her twin sister, Rena. Her father also died in 2008 from an illness. Serena and her sister then lived with an impoverished aunt who struggled to provide for the twins and her own children. She appealed to the Rafiki Foundation for help. The girls arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2010. Since coming to the Rafiki Village, Serena has learned about God and been baptized! Her favorite Bible verse is Romans 8:31 because it reminds her that God is on her side.
DOB: May 18, 2006
Carolyn
Carolyn was abandoned as a child and was found by a probation officer. Social welfare did a thorough search to find any relatives they could for...
Belis
Belis' mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Rachel
Rachel’s mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father remains unknown. Rachel was referred to the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006...
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning Grace.
Simon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jehu
Jehu's mother died of yellow fever and his father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Dorcas
Dorcas was abandoned by both her parents at birth.
Chloe
Violet
Violet's mother died in childbirth, and her father died just a year later.
Yeabsira
Not much is known about Yeabsira’s life before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia.
Emelyne
Emelyne was brought to her elderly grandmother after both her parents died.
Gelane
Gelane’s parents died two years apart from one another.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Sarah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jane Kacyeye
Jane’s parents were living in Uganda when they died from a terminal illness.
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
Ashenofi
Both Ashenofi's parents died within a year of each other. He lived with an aunt after their deaths. However, his aunt was unable to properly care...
Clint
Clint was found abandoned at the edge of Thogoto Forest in Dagoretti
Vivian
Both of Vivian's parents died in 2005. She briefly lived with a maternal uncle, but he was unable to care properly for Vivian.
Jennifer
Jennifer's parents died in 2005.
Boaz
Boaz's mother lacked the mental and physical faculties to adequately care for him. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2008.
Etsub
Etsub and her brother, Robel, lived with their mother before she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Timothy
Timothy was orphaned as an infant and brought to a babies' home in Kitui in 1997.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.