My Name is
Dorcas

Dorcas
Dorcas was abandoned by both her parents at birth. She lived in a state-run orphanage until the age of three before arriving at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2003. Dorcas is an excellent student who enjoys school. She is very trustworthy and dependable. Dorcas enjoys writing poetry that addresses the needs and issues in her country. She trusts that God will continue to reveal Himself to her through His Word. In her free time, she enjoys sewing, reading, and playing volleyball.
DOB: Sep 18, 2000
Memory
Memory and her twin brother, Uchizi, had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown.
Saul
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Christabel
After both of Christabel’s parents died of illness, she and her brother Jehosephat arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008.
Mwaka
Mwaka’s aunt cared for her after the death of her parents.
Israel
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Mary
Mary lived in the A. I. Children's Home in Kitui before coming to Rafiki.
Moses
Moses’s parents both died within a year of each other, leaving him orphaned as an infant.
Bulus
Bulus and his brother, Mika, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Wanangwa
By 2007, Wanangwa had lost both of his parents to fatal illnesses.
Paul
Paul was found abandoned as a small child and taken to the local police station.
Jordan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jack
After Jack’s mother died in 2006, he began living with his grandparents. His grandmother died soon after that.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was unable to care for him and abandoned him.
Randy
Randy and his two brothers Prince and Emmanuel were abandoned by their mother when she left to visit relatives and never returned.
Paula
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Selah
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Andrew
Andrew arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui, Kenya in 2000.
Bethel
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Marcel
Marcel arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Thomas
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi, Thomas and sister, Gloria, lived with their impoverished grandmother and the six other children she...
Simon
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Zachariah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Faith
Faith’s mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.