My Name is
Emelyne
Emelyne
Emelyne was brought to her elderly grandmother after both her parents died. Her grandmother was taking care of two other children at the time. Though she tried, her grandmother struggled to care for the children and asked for help from the Rafiki Foundation. Emelyne was placed at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda. She was soon healthy and happy in her new home. Emelyne has learned how to pray and be grateful for the blessings she has received. She seeks to find refuge in God's Word when she has a struggle, knowing that she will find peace and wisdom.
DOB: Nov 22, 2006
Boaz
Boaz's mother lacked the mental and physical faculties to adequately care for him. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2008.
Simon
Simon was found abandoned alongside the road in 2001.
James
After the death of his parents, James's grandmother took care of him and his brother, Frank.
Abigail
Both of Abigail’s parents are deceased. Her father passed away the year she was born, and her mother died a year later.
Jean de Dieu
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda, Jean lived with a couple who were neighbors with his mother before she died in November 2012 in a...
Israel
Israel’s mother died in 2001 when he was two years old, and his father died in 2003.
Beatrice
Beatrice was left in the care of her aunt after her parents died in 2006. They lived in a two-room house with nine other relatives.
Anne
Anne’s mother is physically handicapped and unable to care for her.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned him in 2008.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Rena
Rena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister, Serena.
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.
George
After George’s mother and father died, he was placed in the care of his sixteen-year-old aunt.
Dumisani
After the death of his parents, Dumisani arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Adeline
Adeline and her mother were living with a family friend when her mother left one day and never returned.
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning Grace.
Martin
Martin was abandoned in May 2002 when he was two years old. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2004.
Atimbil
Atimbil and his brother and sister, Awumbe and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Dennis
Dennis lived with his grandmother after his mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for him, and his father abandoned the family when he...
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness.
Kwame
Kwame, along with his brother and sister, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Irene
After being abandoned by their parents, Irene and her twin sister, Dorine, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother.
Juliet Babirye
Juliet and her twin brother Kato were brought to a babies' home as young children after they were abandoned by their mother and father.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.