My Name is
Denise
Denise
When Denise was one month old, she was abandoned at the Kenyatta National hospital. No one came forward to claim her, and she was then referred to Rafiki. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2007. Denise is hard-working and especially enjoys social studies. She loves to play basketball and volleyball, to swim, and to sing. She has learned from the Rafiki Bible Study that we should walk in a way that pleases God and that we should be ready for the coming of the Lord. She knows that Christ died to redeem her from the captivity of sin through His blood. She strives to be a God-fearing young woman.
DOB: Feb 4, 2005
Abraham
Abraham's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Wesen, eighteen months later.
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Yaw
Yaw and his two sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Isaiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Kalkidan
Kalkidan was abandoned at a very young age, so his elderly grandparents cared for him.
Paul
Paul was found abandoned as a small child and taken to the local police station.
Saul
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
David
David's mother died in 2003 while giving birth, and his father's whereabouts remain unknown.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned her when she was one month old.
Isaac
Isaac's mother died while delivering him, and his father died the following year in a car accident.
James
James’s father died HIV+, and his mother also had HIV.
Edwin
Edwin’s father abandoned him when he was a young child, leaving him with his uncle.
John
John’s father died a few years before his mother passed away in 2007.
Josephine
Josephine’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Theresa
Genet
Genet’s mother died when she was a year old, and her father is unknown.
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Diane
Diane arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
Dadi
Dadi arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Jacob
Jacob first arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006 after the death of his parents.
Alexander
After his parents died, Alexander was placed in the care of a man in his village.
Kebah
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Israel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.