My Name is
Simon
Simon
Both of Simon’s parents were farmers and died from unknown causes. Simon’s older siblings were living with him in one room, and they could not properly care for him. Social welfare recommended he be placed in the Rafiki Village Nigeria, and he arrived in August 2006. Simon now enjoys school. He also enjoys studying God's Word and learning more about God. He is fascinated by the fact that God is omnipresent. When he is afraid, it comforts Simon to know that God is always with him and will protect him. He enjoys reading the book of Proverbs because it gives him insight on how to be wise.
DOB: Aug 7, 2002
Dativa
Dativa’s mother died of AIDs, and her father is unknown to the family.
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
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.
Tiwonge
Tiwonge first arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Jummai
Both Jummai's parents died within two years of each other, and Jummai and her brother Ezekiel were left to be raised by her grandmother.
David
David's mother died in 2003 while giving birth, and his father's whereabouts remain unknown.
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father is unknown.
Jehoshaphat
Both of Jehosephat’s parents died of a fatal illness when he was a young child.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Vivian
Vivian’s mother was mentally ill, and her father was unknown.
Leah
Leah has been an orphan since 2003.
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
Aaron
Aaron lived with his grandmother before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia
Sandra
Sandra and her twin brother, Isaac, moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2011.
Dadi
Both of Dadi’s parents died in 2005.
Biruk
Biruk was eighteen months old when his mother died. He then moved in with his aunt.
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Priscilla
Priscilla and her sister, Erica, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
Jack
Jack is a double orphan who was living with his impoverished grandmother.
Jane Kacyeye
Jane’s parents were living in Uganda when they died from a terminal illness.
Mapalo
Mapalo’s grandmother was caring for ten of her grandchildren as well as four of her own children.
Witness
Witness lived most of her early life in an orphanage.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.