My Name is
Tizeta
Tizeta
Tizeta was abandoned by her mother, and her father is unknown. She lived with her grandparents for a time before arriving at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia in 2010. Her grandparents were elderly and unemployed, and they sought help from social services. They referred the family to the Rafiki Foundation. Tizeta's favorite hymn is "O The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus" because it reminds her that God's love for her is everlasting. Through studying God's Word, she has learned to pray for others and obey God's commands.
DOB: Oct 14, 2004
Janet
Janet is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Charles
Timothy was orphaned as an infant and brought to a babies' home in Kitui in 1997.
Sharon
Sharon was found abandoned as a small child.
Bulus
Bulus and his brother, Mika, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Alinafe
Alinafe is a double orphan who was in the care of her elderly grandparents.
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
Deogloriosio
Deo's parents are both deceased, making him a double orphan. His father died right before he was born and his mother soon after.
Mary
Mary was placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Patience
Patience’s father was a soldier and died before she turned 3.
Stella
Stella was abandoned by her mother at Kakamega Provincial General Hospital.
Cilicia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
James
James was orphaned after his mother was involved in a fatal road accident in April 2005.
Francesca
Francesca's mentally ill mother would leave her, her brother Martey, and her sister Selom unattended for days at a time.
George
George was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage.
Moses
Moses was removed from his mother in January 2003 for his protection.
Austin
Both of Austin’s parents died when he was a young child.
Raphael
After both Raphael's parents died, he was placed with an impoverished grandmother who struggled to feed herself, let alone him.
Titus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Blessed
Blessed’s mother abandoned her four days after her birth at the Kakamega Provincial General Hospital.
Carol
Carol lived with her grandmother after her mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for her, and her father abandoned the family when she...
Gabriel
Gabriel's father abandoned the family and his mother did not recover from the C-section she had when he was born. Since that time he lived with...
Dinah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.