My Name is
Enoch
Enoch
Enoch’s mother worked at Rafiki. Her last request before her death was her hope that Enoch could come to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria. He arrived at the Village in 2006. Enoch is now a good student. Enoch thinks he would like to pursue political science someday. Rosemary Jensen, Rafiki's founder, has made a big impact on Enoch's life. Through her example, he learned to be attuned to those in need around him and help them. Enoch continues to pray to know more God as he reads His Word, to have good health, and to grow spiritually.
DOB: Apr 26, 2001
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...
Gladys
Gladys arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Ester
Ester was in the care of her impoverished grandmother after her parents died of a fatal illness.
Beatrice
Beatrice’s parents died of a terminal illness shortly after she was born, and she was put in the care of her grandmother.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Martha
Martha's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Jennifer
Jennifer's parents passed away in 2004. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in March 2007.
Mwawi
Mwawi's mother died two weeks after delivering him and his twin brother.
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned by both her parents at birth and brought to the state-run orphanage in Jos, Nigeria. Vicky was severely malnourished and in...
Faith
Faith’s mother died giving birth to her, and her father remains unknown.
Janet
Janet's mother died in 2012, and it was soon confirmed that her mother's husband was not her biological father.
Silas
Silas arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Beniyam
Beniyam was born in Mojo. His mother died when he was three years old, and his father abandoned him, giving him to his maternal grandparents.
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Moses
The death of Moses's father left six orphans.
Hilda
Hilda was abandoned when she was two years old.
Denis
After the death of their father, Denis and his brother, Charles, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small room, one-room house.
Glen
Glen was found abandoned in 2005.
Maureen
Maureen's parents died in a road accident in 2004.
Neema
Neema's mother died while giving birth to her, and her father abandoned her.
Ndidi
Ndidi lost her father in 2005 and her mother in 2008.
Hana
Hana’s mother died in 2008, and her father remains unknown.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was abandoned at a hospital in Rwanda when he was twelve months old, had malaria, and weighed only eleven pounds. The police have searched...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.