My Name is
Odel
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her. Though she tried, her aunt struggled to care for Odel and asked the Rafiki Foundation for help. Odel arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2010. She soon began to blossom under the loving care of her Rafiki Mother. Odel enjoys studying mathematics because she likes to learn about numbers and to solve problems. She hopes to be a teacher when she grows up. She loves Jesus because He loved her first and died for her sins.
DOB: May 14, 2008
Sandra
Sandra and her two cousins arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Dorine
Dorine and her twin sister, Irene, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother after they were abandoned by their parents.
Leul
After Leul's father died and his mother abandoned him, he was placed in the care of a widow.
Molly
Molly was abandoned when she was eight months old and brought to a local police station in 2003.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Jummai
Both Jummai's parents died within two years of each other, and Jummai and her brother Ezekiel were left to be raised by her grandmother.
Winnie
Winnie's young mother died while giving birth to her, and her father died after being hit by a car.
George
After George’s mother and father died, he was placed in the care of his sixteen-year-old aunt.
Gabriela
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mathias
Mathias’s mother died a year after his father died and Mathias and his brother were given to an uncle for care.
Patricia
Patricia's early life was filled with tragedy; she never knew either of her parents.
Tabitha
Tabitha was left in the care of her elderly grandparents after her mother died.
Joshua
Joshua’s mother died in 2002, and his father died two years later.
Beatrice
Beatrice’s mother was mentally ill and living on the streets.
Millicent
After the death of her father and mother, Millicent was placed in the care of her aunt.
John
John’s mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Sophie
Sophie was found abandoned and malnourished as young child.
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Benson
Benson Michael was found at the prison grounds by a woman who took him to the police station on August 28, 2005.
Adella
After the death of her parents, Adella lived with her single aunt.
Yordanos
After their father died and their mother abandoned them, Yordanos and her younger brother lived with their grandmother. Their grandmother could not...
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...
Gabriela
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.