My Name is
Yaw
Yaw
Yaw, his twin sister, and his half sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010. Yaw soon proved to be a young man with a very gentle nature who seems to get along well with everyone. He likes the hymn "What Can Wash Away My Sins" because he knows and believes that only Jesus' blood can cleanse him. Through the Rafiki Bible Study, Yaw has learned that we should always rejoice in the Lord, be praying at all times, and be spiritually alert for when Christ returns.
DOB: Feb 22, 2007
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac.
Francine
Francine arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Innocent
Innocent’s mother died in 2005, and his father abandoned him, leaving him in the care of an uncle who also abandoned him as a child.
Levi
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rebecca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Claire
Claire arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Isaiah
Isaiah was placed into his grandparents care of following the death of his parents.
Champ
Champ's mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Biruk
Biruk’s mother was very young when she gave birth to him.
Henry
Henry's mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died soon after his mother.
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
George
George was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage.
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning her infant.
Adele
Adele’s father struggled under the weight of caring for a young son with cerebral palsy, the children’s blind grandmother, and his own kidney...
Gloria
Gloria and her twin sister Olivia were abandoned and given to a paternal uncle when their father died.
Bernice
After the death of their parents, Bernice and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Pamela
Pamela and her brother, Francis, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
Very few details are known about John. His mother is deceased and his father is presumed to be as well.
Awumbe
Awumbe and his brother and sister, Atimbil and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.