My Name is
Atsu
Atsu
Atsu arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009. Atsu loves to play soccer, and he dreams of playing professionally for Ghana. He knows Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior. From the Rafiki Bible Study, he has learned that Christians are to live lives that are pleasing to God by reading His Word and living according to it.
DOB: Oct 24, 2006
Grace
Grace's parents are both deceased. As an infant, she was in the care of an aunt who soon was unable to care for her properly.
Mary
Mary lived with her maternal grandmother after her mother's death. Her mother died in 2003 when Mary just over one year old.
David
David’s mother died in 2007, and his father died in 2008. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Leul
After Leul's father died and his mother abandoned him, he was placed in the care of a widow.
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dagim
Dagim's mother died shortly after his birth.
Tabitha
Tabitha was left in the care of her elderly grandparents after her mother died.
Martin
Martin was abandoned in May 2002 when he was two years old. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2004.
Kenny
Kenny mother died of an illness when he was a young child, and his father remains unknown.
Gerald
After the death of both Gerald’s parents, he was living with his older sister.
Juliet
Both of Juliet’s parents died when she was about two years old. She was then placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Peter
Peter’s grandmother and other relatives cared for him after the death of his parents.
Munyithya
Munyithya's father died four months after he was born, and his mother followed eighteen months later before his second birthday.
Grace
Grace and her brother, Martin, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Peter
Both of Peter’s parents were killed during religious riots that occurred in 2004 in a village about two hours away from Jos, Nigeria.
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...
Florence
Florence's father died before she was born and her mother died of an illness when she was only three months old.
Sharon
Sharon's mother is deceased and her father is unknown.
Hellen
Helen was found lost and crying in the streets in 2003.
Kalkidan
Kalkidan was abandoned at a very young age, so his elderly grandparents cared for him.
Benon
Benon was born to a fifteen-year-old mother who died in child birth. His grandfather was old and unable to care for him. He was brought to an...
Lemmy
Lemmy and his sister, Eva, were living with their grandmother, who did not have the means to feed them every day, before they came to Rafiki.
Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.