My Name is
Celestina
Celestina
Celestina and her sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009. Celestina is a creative and enthusiastic young woman, and she is also an excellent dancer. It brings her great joy to make things look beautiful and she hopes to become a beautician or an event decorator once she completes her schooling. Her favorite part of each day is morning because God has gifted her with a new day. Celestina prays that she will be respectful and obedient, be diligent in reading God’s Word daily, and grow in her love for Christ.
DOB: Apr 16, 2005
Janet
Janet's mother died in 2012, and it was soon confirmed that her mother's husband was not her biological father.
Yordanos
Yordanos’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandfather, in 2006.
Gifty
Gifty arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in June of 2009.
Hope
Hope’s father died HIV positive, and his mother was also living HIV positive and was very sick. She wanted Hope placed in a good home before she died.
Furahini
Furahini and her sister, Scolastika, lived with their grandmother after their mother disappeared.
Dumisani
After the death of his parents, Dumisani arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Patricia
Patricia's early life was filled with tragedy; she never knew either of her parents.
Patience
Patience was abandoned by her mother in 2005, and her father cared for her until he died in 2008.
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Christina
After Christina and her two sisters, Peace and Tendo, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Moses
Moses and his twin sister were abandoned at a shopping center, found by strangers, and taken to a local district hospital.
Benjamin
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Deborah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Wesen
Wesen's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Abraham, eighteen months later.
Paul
Both of Paul's parents died when he was four years old, and he was then placed in the care of his impoverished grandmother.
Watson
Watson arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 with his older brother Benjamin.
Polycarp
Polycarp was abandoned at the age of four and placed into a baby's home.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was unable to care for him and abandoned him.
Negassa
Negassa's mother died in 2008, and his father abandoned him soon after her death.
Francesca
Francesca's mentally ill mother often left her and her two siblings unattended for days at a time.
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.