My Name is
Joseph
Joseph
Joseph is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2007. He then lived with his grandmother who was caring for many other children at the time. With so many other children, she could not provide for Joseph and social services recommended that he be placed at the Rafiki Village Zambia. He arrived at the Village in 2008. Joseph knows that God has given him a new heart, saved him, and made him His child. He says he knows because every day God leads him closer to Him and is teaching him to love and obey Him. Joseph has learned that God wants him to glorify Him and enjoy Him forever, and he seeks to glorify God in the leadership position he holds in school. He enjoys drawing and his favorite book is "Til We Have Faces" by C.S. Lewis.
DOB: May 1, 2003
Jack
After Jack’s mother died in 2006, he began living with his grandparents.
Eyob
After his father's death, Eyob's mother abandoned him.
Yesunesh
Yesunesh was born in Mojo, Ethiopia. Her father died when she was only a few months old, and her mother abandoned her few months after that.
Sarai
Sarai was taken in by her grandmother after the death of her father and mother.
Cilicia
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Jennifer
Jennifer is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Janet and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Judith
Judith’s father died in 2008, and her mother died in 2009.
Thandiwe
After her mother's death, Thandiwe was sent to live with her great grandmother.
Rachel
Rachel was one of thirteen children living at a farm with her grandparents.
Mumo
Mumo arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya with his younger brother Kilonzi in 2006.
Candace
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Nancy
Nancy was placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
Ezekiel
Both Ezekiel's parents died within two years of each other, and Ezekiel was left to be raised by his grandmother.
Mika
Mika and his brother, Bulus, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Samuel
Samuel’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother, Malesse, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Alinafe
Alinafe is a double orphan who was in the care of her elderly grandparents.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned her when she was one month old.
Chloe
Chloe is a double orphan; both of her parents died when she was around three years old.
Eunice
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John
John’s father died a few years before his mother passed away in 2007.
Furaha
Furaha and her two cousins were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Mathew
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.