My Name is
Barakael

Barakael
Barakael's mother died when he was one year old, and his father is unknown. Barakael's grandfather then cared for him and his brother, Frederick. Due to poor health, the boys' grandfather was no longer able to work and care for them. The Rafiki Foundation was contacted, and the boys arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009. As Barakael listens to God's guidance, he continues to grow closer with the Lord. Barakael's favorite part of school is physical education, and he is a good soccer and basketball player. Baraka is grateful to be in the Rafiki School and to have the opportunity to study and know more about God.
DOB: Aug 18, 2006
Jonah
Jonah’s father died when he was just a year old, and his mother died soon after.
Nancy
Both of Nancy's parents died when she was a young child
Jean
Jean arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Enoch
Enoch’s father died in 2008, and his mother died the following year.
Gabriel
After Gabriel's father died in 2006, his ailing mother contacted social welfare services to intervene in her son's life.
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Abel
Abel's mother died when he was one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Elijah
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John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him with no one to care for him.
Timothy
Timothy was orphaned as an infant and brought to a babies' home in Kitui in 1997.
Andrew
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2008, Andrew was a double orphan living with his impoverished aunt who only survived off the...
Leonard
Leonard is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Boniface, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Jamesetta
Jamesetta, her sister, Amelia, and her brother, Jimmy, arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012.
Jonathan
John’s mother died in 2003 in a drowning accident, and his father died later that same year. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2005.
Kelia
Kelia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Jeremiah
Before Jeremiah arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011, he lived at a children's home in Moshi for four years with no known family.
Jimmy
Jimmy and his twin sister Jane were brought to a local police station after their mother died in the Kenyatta National hospital.
Onesmus
Onesmus's mother passed away two months after he was born.
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his grandmother who could not care for him as a small child.
Spencer
Both of Spencer's parents are deceased, and he was living with his elderly, impoverished grandmother in a desperate situation.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.