My Name is
Gifty
Gifty
Gifty arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in June of 2009. Gifty is a gifted young woman who truly lives up to her name! She is kind, respectful, helpful, and intelligent. She works hard and succeeds in all of her classes. Gifty trusts that God will carry out all the wonderful plans he has prepared for her.
DOB: Aug 21, 2003
Randy
Randy and his two brothers Prince and Emmanuel were abandoned by their mother when she left to visit relatives and never returned.
Sandra
Sandra lived in her uncle's care after her parent's death.
Epa
Epa’s mother died shortly after giving birth to him in 2003.
Jane
Both Jane's parents died when she was a young child, making her a double orphan.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Eric
After his mother died, Eric and his older brother, Eliya, were placed in the care of their aunt.
Beauregard
Beauregard’s mother died soon after giving birth to him in November, 2006.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned him in 2008.
Innocent
Both of Innocent's parents are deceased. Soon after his mother's death, Innocent was diagnosed with tuberculosis and began treatment.
Clementine
Clementine was brought to her uncle in 2009 after both her parents died of sickness
Christine
Christine was found abandoned and was admitted to a babies' home in September 2004.
Simon
Both of Simon’s parents were farmers and died from unknown causes.
Bethlehem
Bethlehem's (Betty's) mother abandoned her to go find work and left her with a neighbor.
Naomi
Naomi’s mother abandoned her, and her father is unknown. She and her two siblings, John and Michael, were in the care of their blind grandmother...
Jean de Dieu
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda, Jean lived with a couple who were neighbors with his mother before she died in November 2012 in a...
Florence
Florence's father died before she was born and her mother died of an illness when she was only three months old.
Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead.
Sensee
Sensee’s mother died three days after giving birth to her.
Faustin
After Faustin’s mother died, a woman in the community offered to take him.
Paul
Paul's mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father remains unknown. Upon arriving at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2012, it was learned...
Isaac
Isaac’s Father died in 2006 from an illness, and his mother died giving birth to him.
Joe
Joe was placed in the care of an aunt after his mother and father died.
Moses
Moses’s parents both died within a year of each other, leaving him orphaned as an infant.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.