My Name is
Frederick
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father remains unknown. His grandfather cared for him and his younger brother Barakeal for a time. Their grandfather was in poor health and was unable to work and care for the boys. He asked the Rafiki Foundation for help. The boys then moved to the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009. Fred does very well in art and physical education in school. He also enjoys playing basketball, is very skilled, and often shows good sportsmanship. Fred continues to work diligently in school and to trust in Christ as his personal Lord and Savior.
DOB: Oct 4, 2003
Judith
Judith’s mother passed away when she was young, and she was then cared for by various relatives before arriving at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2004.
Sibongile
Sibongile’s mother was impoverished and unable to care for her or her sister Siphwe.
Reuben
Reuben’s mother died in 2007, and his father is unknown.
George
After George’s mother and father died, he was placed in the care of his sixteen-year-old aunt.
Diana
Diana and her twin brother, Dereck were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Eva
Eva and her brother Lemmy were living with their grandmother, who attempted to feed the children on a daily basis but often was not able to.
Eunice
Eunice's father died when she was two years old, and her mother died a year later.
Moses
Moses was only a year old when both of his parents died of an illness.
Alinafe
Alinafe is a double orphan who was in the care of her elderly grandparents.
Esther
Esther and her sister, Celestina, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Racheal
Racheal's birth mother has never been located. Her father took another wife, abandoned Racheal, and never returned. She arrived at the Rafiki...
Kwaku
Kwaku’s mother died nine days after giving birth to him and his twin sister.
Godiya
Godiya’s father died before she was born, and her mother died when she was a year old.
Negassa
Negassa's mother died in 2008, and his father abandoned him soon after her death.
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.
Adwoa
Adwoa and her sister, Akua, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Adeline
Adeline and her mother were living with a family friend when her mother left one day and never returned.
Abraham
Abraham's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Wesen, eighteen months later.
Faith
Faith’s mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia.
Timothy
Timothy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local orphanage in Kampala, Uganda after he was abandoned and given to his grandmother as an...
Rose
Rose was brought to a children's home in Moshi, Tanzania in 2008 by a pastor from a local church after she was abandoned by her mother.
Deogloriosio
Deo's parents are both deceased, making him a double orphan. His father died right before he was born and his mother soon after.
Beatrice
Beatrice’s parents died of a terminal illness shortly after she was born, and she was put in the care of her grandmother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.