My Name is
Gift

Gift
Gift was abandoned by his parents at a young age and placed in the care of his grandmother. Though she tried, Gift's grandmother could not provide for his basic needs. The Rafiki Foundation was asked to assume Gift's care. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2013. Gift continues to work hard in school to do his best, and he is thankful for the help he receives academically in the Rafiki School. He knows Christ as His personal Lord and Savior, and he wants to glorify God in everything he does.
DOB: Oct 12, 2009
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Enoch’s father died in 2008, and his mother died the following year.
Faith
Faith’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and her father died soon after in an accident.
Blaze
Blaze arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007, and his father died some years before that.
Jeff
Jeff’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Claire
Claire arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Sam
Sam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Irene
Irene and her sister were abandoned by their parents as young children. They lived on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Thomas
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Patricia
Due to his own medical issues, Patricia's father could not provide for her basic needs after her mother's death.
Selah
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Khumbo
Khumbo's mother died in 2007 when he was two years old, and his father’s whereabouts remain unknown.
Henry
Henry's mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died soon after his mother.
Ben
Before arriving at the Rafiki village, Ben and his five siblings lived with their grandmother, along with her six children, in a one-room house.
Patience
Patience’s mother died a month after she was born. Her father was killed a year later in a farming accident.
Rachel
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Belis
Belis' mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Cilicia
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Mai
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Yordanos
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Diane
Diane arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
Grace
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Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.