My Name is
Blessing

Blessing
Blessing and her twin brother Dalitso, had moved four times since their mother died when they were babies. They lived at two babies’ homes and then spent time with an uncle and then their grandmother. Social welfare conducted a home visit and found them to be very malnourished. They sought a permanent solution with the Rafiki Foundation. They arrived to their new permanent home in April 2013. Blessing is now in the 4th grade. Blessing believes Jesus is the Son of God who died for us on the cross. She knows the Bible is God's holy Word. Blessing reads her Bible on her own and prays alone to God. She asks God to destroy all the power of the devil. God answered Blessing's prayer that school would re-open after being closed because of a cholera outbreak. A new hymn Blessing has learned is "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name."
DOB: Mar 16, 2009
Wanangwa
By 2007, Wanangwa had lost both of his parents to fatal illnesses.
Patrick
After Patrick’s mother and father died, he went to live with his uncle for a time.
Cossam
Cossam arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 following the death of both of his parents.
Godwin
Godwin lived with his unemployed aunt and uncle before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011.
Josiah
Josiah's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002.
Mary
Mary was referred to the Rafiki Village Kenya by an orphanage about four hours away. She came to Rafiki in October 2004.
Bernice
Bernice was in the care of her paternal uncle before arriving at the Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Yeabsira
Yeabisira's mother left him with her brother when he was just one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Daniel
Daniel and his sister, Miriam, were placed in the care of their with their grandfather when their parents died.
Ester
Ester was in the care of her impoverished grandmother after her parents died of a fatal illness.
Morris
Morris’ was brought to an orphanage in Kitui in April, 2003 after both his parents died.
Phoebe
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Ruth
Ruth’s mother brought her to the nursery of a hospital for an exam and then abandoned her there.
Anjela
After being abandoned by her mother, Anjela lived with her elderly grandfather in a small mud hut.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Benjamin
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Ben
Ben’s mother died in November 2006, and his father sometime before that.
Maureen
Maureen's parents died in a road accident in 2004.
Tabitha
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Grace
Grace's father died in 2007 in a motor accident.
Abiba
Abiba Ruth's father abandoned her, and her mother is terminally ill.
Aquil
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Mathias
Mathias’s mother died a year after his father died and Mathias and his brother were given to an uncle for care.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.