My Name is
Erica
Erica
Erica and her sister, Priscilla, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother. Though she tried, the girls' grandmother could not properly care for them. Social welfare services asked the Rafiki Foundation to assume the girls' care. Erica and her sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009 and soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving environment at the Village. Erica soon proved to be a sweet and happy little girl. She is a diligent student who enjoys science and would like to become a nurse one day. Erica's favorite hymn is "The Lord is My Shepherd" because she knows that as she walks with the Lord, He will provide for her every need.
DOB: Aug 18, 2006
Yeabsira
Not much is known about Yeabsira’s life before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia.
Simon
Both of Simon’s parents were farmers who passed away from unknown causes.
Tabitha
Both of Tabitha’s parents died before she was four years old, leaving her and her four older brothers and sisters as orphans.
Martin
Martin and his sister, Grace, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Leah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Myra
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
David
David’s mother died in 2007, and his father died in 2008. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Adele
Adele’s father struggled under the weight of caring for a young son with cerebral palsy, the children’s blind grandmother, and his own kidney...
Innocent
Both of Innocent's parents are deceased. Soon after his mother's death, Innocent was diagnosed with tuberculosis and began treatment.
Peter
Peter's mother died of meningitis one month after his birth.
Simon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Catherine
Catherine’s mother died in 2005, and her father committed suicide in 2008.
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Paul
Paul had no one to care for him after the death of his father in 2006.
Matias
After his mother died in 2009, Matias lived with his grandmother.
Anna
Anna arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006, a year after both her parents died.
Jane
Jane and her sister and cousin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Israel
Israel’s mother was mentally incapable of caring for him, and his father is unknown.
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning her infant.
Joshua
Joshua and his twin brother, Samuel, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in July 2013.
Josephine
Josephine and her sister Tendo were living in a local hospital in Kampala for some time. They were then placed in a temporary home for abandoned...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.