My Name is
Afia
Afia
Afia arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009. Afia is naturally intelligent and has a desire to learn, and she loves to read and ask questions. Afia particularly enjoys music and art, and loves to dance anytime she hears music. The hymn "Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah" teaches Afia that God is always there to guide and care for her.
DOB: Jul 5, 2005
Brian
Brian’s mother died at childbirth, and his father remains unknown. Brian was then placed in an orphanage about four hours from the Rafiki Village...
Benson
Benson Michael was found at the prison grounds by a woman who took him to the police station on August 28, 2005.
Memory
Memory’s mother died four days after her birth.
Gabriel
After Gabriel's father died in 2006, his ailing mother contacted social welfare services to intervene in her son's life.
Jamila
Jamila's mother gave her over to the care of her aunt.
Rabson
Rabson and his brother, Vincent, lived with their grandmother after their parents died in 2011.
Mwawi
Mwawi's mother died two weeks after delivering him and his twin brother.
Moses
Social Services recommended that Moses be removed from his home because his parents could not take care of him properly.
Simon
Both of Simon’s parents were farmers who passed away from unknown causes.
Felix
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Austin
Austin’s parents died leaving him an orphan at just one year old.
Nicodemus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Lilian
Lilian was born a twin but was separated from her brother at birth.
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Jennifer
Jennifer and her twin sisters lived with their aunt and her family after the death of their parents.
Mercy
Mercy is a double orphan. She and and her sister Elikana were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let...
Nancy
Both of Nancy's parents died when she was a young child
Tabitha
Both of Tabitha’s parents died before she was four years old, leaving her and her four older brothers and sisters as orphans.
Joshua
Joshua and his twin brother, Samuel, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in July 2013.
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac.
Violet
Violet's mother died in childbirth, and her father died just a year later.
Esau
Esau's mother died while delivering his younger brother, Isaac, and his father died the next year in a car accident.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2011.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.