My Name is
Emily
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. After her arrival at the Village, she soon began to thrive from good nutrition and quality care. Emily's favorite subjects are math and science, and she wishes to enter the medical field some day. Emily loves Jesus and His Word. She believes that nothing is impossible with Jesus, and she knows that she can always trust Him.
DOB: Dec 30, 2003
David
David’s mother died in 2007, and his father died in 2008. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Divine
Divine was placed in the care of her aunt after both her parents died of an illness.
Adam
Adam’s mother died giving birth to him, and his father died from complications of malaria.
Etsub
Etsub and her brother, Robel, lived with their mother before she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Samson
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Marie
Marie is a double orphan. Her father died in 2006 of an illness, and her mother died a year later also from an illness.
Jonah
Jonah’s father died when he was just a year old, and his mother died soon after.
Mary
Mary and her sister Rachael arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Sensee
Sensee’s mother died three days after giving birth to her.
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Ellen
Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2003.
Ndidi
Ndidi lost her father in 2005 and her mother in 2008.
Ezekiel
Both Ezekiel's parents died within two years of each other, and Ezekiel was left to be raised by his grandmother.
Christopher
Christopher lost both of his parents between 2002 and 2003.
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Jennifer
Jennifer and her twin sisters lived with their aunt and her family after the death of their parents.
Blessing
Blessing lost her father before she was born, and her mother ran away in 2000 and was returned to the village dead two years later.
Samson
At a very young age, Samson was abandoned and taken to a local orphanage.
Grace
Grace and her brother, Martin, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Moses
Moses’s parents both died within a year of each other, leaving him orphaned as an infant.
Yaw
Yaw and his two sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.