My Name is
Dumisani

Dumisani
After the death of his parents, Dumisani arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007. Dumisani's favorite subject is science, and he enjoys studying chemistry and performing science experiments. He says that he has opened his heart to Jesus and desires to know Him better. Dumisani also strives to live a life pleasing to God.
DOB: Mar 30, 2003
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Josephine
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Peter
Peter's mother died of meningitis one month after his birth.
Precious
Precious's mother died in 2009, and her father then abandoned her.
Janet
Janet's mother died in 2012, and it was soon confirmed that her mother's husband was not her biological father.
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever.
Michael
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Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was a young child, he was carried on his mother’s back as she wandered the city of Accra.
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
John
John arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 after both of his parents died.
Aidah
Aida was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by the Katherine Hines Ministries, a local orphanage in Kampala.
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
Gertrude
Gertrude (Trudy) was orphaned after her father and mother died within a year of each other.
Sumaya
Sumaya's father died when she was a young child, and her mother started living with another man who was unwilling to care for her.
Jeremiah
Before Jeremiah arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011, he lived at a children's home in Moshi for four years with no known family.
Lonnie
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, Lonnie was called “Lonely” because both of her parents were deceased.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Emily
Before Emily arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, she was in the care of an aunt and uncle who did not have the means to properly feed her.
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003, and her mother then died in 2009.
Elijah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Job
Job was orphaned when his mother died in 2003. His father passed away two years earlier.
Augustus
Augustus, his twin brother Augustine, and his older brother Gideon arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Pamela
Pamela and her brother, Francis, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.