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
Estery
Both of Estery's (Esther) parents passed away from an illness when she was a young child.
Mary
Mary was placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
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...
Kelvin
Kelvin was orphaned in 2002 and nothing is known about his family.
Baraka
Baraka’s mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father is unknown.
Blessing
Blessing’s father died in a motor accident before she was born, and her mother died three weeks after her birth.
Mabel
Mabel, her brother, and her sister moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010.
Ruki
Ruki and her older sister were abandoned by their parents at a young age. The two girls were living on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Esther
When Esther’s parents passed away, she was placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Akosua
Akosua and her twin brother Kwasi arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac.
Joseph Owen
Owen and his three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Brighton
Brighton came to the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 along with his older brother Petros after the death of their parents.
Precious Blessing
Precious's mother died in 2009, and her father then abandoned her.
Champ
Champ's mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Jonathan
Not much is known about Jonathan’s parents.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
Mary
Both of Mary’s parents were ill. Her father abandoned her mother, and her mother gave her up because she was too sick to care for her.
Derrick
Derrick was referred to Rafiki by a local children's ministry.
Jennifer
Jennifer's parents died in 2005.
Joseph
Joseph's mother was disabled, and they were internally displaced as a result of the 2007-post-presidential elections violence.
Lisa
Lisa’s mother died when she was two years old, and her father died two years later.
Jimmy
Jimmy and his two sisters, Jamesetta and Amelia, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.