My Name is
Charles
Charles
After the death of their father, Charles and his brother, Denis, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small, one-room house. For income, their aunt would cook bananas and sell them. The two boys were not in school. The boys' aunt asked for help from the Rafiki Foundation, and they arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2015. Charles is now a kind young man. He continues to learn the value of hard work in school, and get along well with his Rafiki brothers and classmates. Charles loves Christ as Savior because Christ first loved him. As he continues to pray and study God's Word, his faith continues to grow.
DOB: Apr 1, 2009
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Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness.
Moses
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Adwoa
The cause of Adwoa parents’ deaths are unknown.
Cossam
Cossam arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 following the death of both of his parents.
Peter
Peter’s grandmother and other relatives cared for him after the death of his parents.
Josiah
Josiah's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002.
Anjela
After being abandoned by her mother, Anjela lived with her elderly grandfather in a small mud hut.
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Silas
In 2007, Silas’s mother died and his father abandoned him. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Yamakani
Yamikani lost her father in 2004, and her mother was also dying of an illness at this time.
Gritty
After both of Gritty's parents died, she arrived at Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Ebenezer
When Ebenezer’s parents died, he was left in the care of his aunt along with his two brothers and one sister. The aunt was unable to adequately...
Gladys
Gladys is a double orphan. Her mother died in 2006 and her father in 2007. Her aunt was caring for her as well as four other people in a small...
Dennis
Both of Dennis’s parents died in 2010 from food poisoning.
Janet
Janet is a triplet. Her mother died shortly after delivering her and her two sisters, and her father abandoned them.
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him after the death of his parents.
Chloe
The police found Chloe as a child in a house alone.
Janjay
Janjay’s mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died shortly after in a car accident.
Isaac
Isaac’s mother died from a long illness when Isaac was three years old, and his father is unknown.
Theresia
Theresia and and her twin sister, Aurelia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Scovia
Scovia’s parents died within two years of each other, and their cause of death is unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.