My Name is
Rena
Rena
Rena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister, Serena. Her father also died in 2008 from an illness. Rena and her sister lived with an impoverished aunt who struggled to provide for the needs of the twins and her own children. She has appealed to the Rafiki Foundation for help, and the girls arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2010. Rena loves to tell and write stories, so naturally her favorite subject is English. She also loves to sing. When she grows up, she wants to be a singer or a writer, or both. She knows that Jesus loves her, and she is thankful to the Lord for the good education she receives from Rafiki.
DOB: May 18, 2006
Chawanangwa
Both Chawanangwa’s parents are deceased.
George
After George’s mother and father died, he was placed in the care of his sixteen-year-old aunt.
Zachariah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was unable to care for him and abandoned him.
Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Nasha
Nasha, her sister, and cousin were in their grandmother's care after her father's death.
Neema
After the death of her mother and father, Neema lived with her elderly grandmother and adult sister.
Catherine
Catherine was abandoned immediately after she was born.
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
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.
Elube
Elube’s parents died when she was a young child.
James
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Cilicia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ellen
Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November of 2010.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Wilson
Both Wilson’s mother and father died when he was a small child. Wilson and his sister were then referred to the Rafiki Village Uganda in September...
Simon
When just an infant, Simon was found abandoned near a hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
Ethan
Ethan’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father died in 2002.
Blessing
Blessing’s father died in a motor accident before she was born, and her mother died three weeks after her birth.
Enoch
Enoch’s mother worked at Rafiki. Her last request before her death was her hope that Enoch could come to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Loveness
Loveness is a double orphan; her mother died just ten months after she was born, and her father died some time before that.
Adam
Adam’s mother died giving birth to him, and his father died from complications of malaria.
Purity
After her parents died in 2004, Purity was placed in the care of her aunt and uncle.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.