My Name is
Azuma
Azuma
Azumba and her brothers, Atimbil and Awumbe, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010. Azuma soon proved to be very creative; she loves to sing, dance, and do arts and crafts activities. As she has studied the Bible in Rafiki, Azuma has seen examples of people trusting God and hopes to do the same. She likes the hymn "Jesus Shall Reign" because it reminds her that Jesus reigns in the world and that He is her King.
DOB: Nov 10, 2006
Daniel
Daniel’s mother and father died in 2006 when he was an infant. He and his sister Esther arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2009.
Malesse
Malesse and his twin sister, Zalalem, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Esau
Esau's mother died while delivering his younger brother, Isaac, and his father died the next year in a car accident.
Sean
Sean’s mother abandoned him after his father was put in prison.
Lulu
Lulu was abandoned at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center when she was born.
Yordanos
After their father died and their mother abandoned them, Yordanos and her younger brother lived with their grandmother. Their grandmother could not...
Alexander
Both Alex's parents are deceased. He came to live in the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2003.
Robert
Robert’s father admitted him to the hospital due to malnutrition in 2001.
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Jane
Both Jane's parents died when she was a young child, making her a double orphan.
Charles
Timothy was orphaned as an infant and brought to a babies' home in Kitui in 1997.
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his grandmother who could not care for him as a small child.
Khumbo
Khumbo's mother died in 2007 when he was two years old, and his father’s whereabouts remain unknown.
Jane
Before coming to Rafiki, Jane lived with her mother. Due to her mental condition, Jane's mother could not properly care for her.
Alexander
After his parents died, Alexander was placed in the care of a man in his village.
Moses
Both of Moses's died when he was a young child.
Jeremiah
After the death of his parents, Jeremiah lived with a family member. Though she tried, this family member could not provide for Jeremiah's basic...
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both of his parents at birth and was being cared for by a state-run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three,...
John
John’s parents were killed in a tragic bus accident. His mother was pregnant with his little sister, Chipo, at the time of the accident, and she...
Thomas
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi, Thomas and sister, Gloria, lived with their impoverished grandmother and the six other children she...
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was six months old, his mother took him to visit her cousin.
Leah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gad
Gad's mother died immediately after he was born in 2010 in Kigali, Rwanda.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.