My Name is
Valiness
Valiness
From a young age, Valiness lived with her impoverished grandmother who could not provide for her needs. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007. Valiness excels in many academic subjects and catches on quickly to learn new things. She especially enjoys math and language arts. Valiness has professed faith in Jesus as her personal Lord and Savior. She is grateful that God forgives all who confess their sins and trust in Him. Valiness finds comfort in the fact that God is trustworthy and all-knowing.
DOB: Jan 25, 2003
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Christabel
After both of Christabel’s parents died of illness, she and her brother Jehosephat arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008.
Emmanuella
Emmanuella (Muki) arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Patience
Patience was abandoned by her mother in 2005, and her father cared for her until he died in 2008.
Gad
Gad arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Gift
Gift was abandoned by his parents at a young age and placed in the care of his grandmother.
Vincent
Vincent’s parents passed away by the time he was four years old.
Josiah
Josiah's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002.
Rose
Both of Roses's parents are deceased.
Eliya
Eliya and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Kebah
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Samuel
Samuel’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Zachariah
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David
At eight months old, David was abandoned in a suburb of Kampala, Uganda.
Mabel
Mabel, her brother, and her sister moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010.
Luke
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Eunice
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John
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Caleb
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Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Jennifer
Jennifer's parents died in 2005.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2011.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.