My Name is
Sharon

Sharon
Sharon was found abandoned as a small child. Little is known about her background and family. After investigating the situation, a social welfare officer approved for Sharon to be moved to the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2003. Sharon is now a quiet, thoughtful young woman with a quick and ready smile. She has excelled in her class work, particularly math and science, and she is very competitive. Sharon graduated from the Rafiki School in 2019 and is attending university on Rafiki Scholarship. She is grateful that she is a coheir with Christ. She desires to pursue holiness by maintaining a consistent quiet time with God. Sharon is committed to serving God forever.
DOB: Jul 9, 2000
Clarisse
Clarisse arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Irene
After being abandoned by their parents, Irene and her twin sister, Dorine, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother.
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned by both her parents at birth and brought to the state-run orphanage in Jos, Nigeria. Vicky was severely malnourished and in...
Ethel
Both Ethel's parents died within two years of each other.
Inocent
Inocent was malnourished and small for his age when he arrived at Rafiki Village Tanzania in May 2012. His grandmother cared for him after he was...
Pross
Prossy lost her father to AIDS at age four, and her mother was unable to care for her due to severe mental illness.
Paul
Paul's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Isaac, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012.
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.
Rebecca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Marie
Marie Jeanne arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Kebah
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Elube
Elube’s parents died when she was a young child.
Christina
After Christina and her two sisters, Peace and Tendo, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Edmund
Edmund and his brother, Ebenezer, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in May 2009.
Azuma
Azumba and her brothers, Atimbil and Awumbe, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Simon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aquila
Aquila and his sister Priscilla literally lost their father in Jan 2000, when he went missing after riots broke out near their village. Considered...
Michael
Michael’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and his father died after an accident.
Ethan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Jerome
Jerome was abandoned at a local hospital in Kampala, Uganda in 2005.
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.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.