My Name is
Winnie

Winnie
After her mother died, Winnie was sent to live with her uncle. He struggled to properly feed her. Due to malnutrition, Winnie was behind developmentally. Social welfare services recommended that she be placed at the Rafiki Village Malawi, and she arrived in 2007. Now, Winnie's favorite subjects are math, Bible, and science. She hopes to become a physician someday. Winnie came to know Jesus through the Rafiki Bible Study. She trusts Christ because He is her Savior who gave up His life for her.
DOB: Mar 10, 2001
Racheal
Racheal's birth mother has never been located. Her father took another wife, abandoned Racheal, and never returned. She arrived at the Rafiki...
Ruth
Ruth’s mother brought her to the nursery of a hospital for an exam and then abandoned her there.
Jacob
Jacob first arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006 after the death of his parents.
Simeon
In 2009, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare closed an orphanage due to adoption violations.
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Lackson
Lackson became a double orphan at age 6 when both his mother and father died.
Yordanos
After their father died and their mother abandoned them, Yordanos and her younger brother lived with their grandmother. Their grandmother could not...
Charles
Charles arrived at the Rafiki Village in April of 2004. He was abandoned as a baby and has no known family.
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...
Susan
Susan was abandoned as a child and was placed in a temporary place for abandoned children before being assigned to the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006.
Elijah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Yeabsira
Yeabisira's mother left him with her brother when he was just one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Rosemary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Yeabsira
Not much is known about Yeabsira’s life before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia.
Anna
Anna arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006, a year after both her parents died.
Rachel
Rachel was one of thirteen children living at a farm with her grandparents.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was cared for by a pastor of a small Baptist church and his wife after his mother died.
Grace
Grace's parents are both deceased. As an infant, she was in the care of an aunt who soon was unable to care for her properly.
Violet
After Violet’s parents died, her elderly grandfather enlisted her for household help with chores, cooking, and carrying firewood.
David
David’s mother died in 2007, and his father died in 2008. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Caleb
Caleb’s parents died when he was four years old, and his relatives were unable to care for him because they are impoverished and relied on...
Gritty
After both of Gritty's parents died, she arrived at Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Kefas
Kafes’s father died a few months before he was born, and his mother died when he was two years old.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.