My Name is
Grace Masozi
Grace Masozi
Grace lived with her grandmother after the death of her mother and father in 2006. Though she tried, Grace's grandmother had almost no means to provide for her. When she arrived at the Village in March 2007, Grace was very malnourished. She soon benefited from the quality care at the Village and has grown into a wonderful young woman. Grace is a strong student, and she does especially well in language arts. She also enjoys running with her friends for exercise. Grace seeks to glorify God in all that she does.
DOB: May 14, 2001
Anna
Anna was left on a porch in Monrovia, Liberia when she was eighteen months old.
Memory
Memory was found in the care of a 65-year-old widow who lived in a village subsidized by the government for the homeless.
Yeabsira
Yeabisira's mother left him with her brother when he was just one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Abigail
Both of Abigail’s parents are deceased. Her father passed away the year she was born, and her mother died a year later.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father disappeared after her mother's death.
Alex
Both of Alex's parents died of HIV in 2010.
Patrick
Patrick’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was mentally ill and unable to care for him.
Leonard
Leonard is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Boniface, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Ben
Ben’s mother died in November 2006, and his father sometime before that.
John
John’s father had been deceased for a few years when his mother died in 2007.
George
George's mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Susan
Susan was abandoned as a child and was placed in a temporary place for abandoned children before being assigned to the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006.
Michael
Michael’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and his father died after an accident.
Gertrude
Gertrude (Trudy) was orphaned after her father and mother died within a year of each other.
Purity
After her parents died in 2004, Purity was placed in the care of her aunt and uncle.
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned when she was just one week old.
Esther
Esther and her sister, Celestina, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Rebecca
Rebecca’s mother died and her father was killed when she was a young child.
Sarah
Sarah was born prematurely in a private clinic in March 2005. Her mother disappeared soon after she took Sarah to the hospital, and her father...
Esther
Esther's father died in 2004, and her mother died six months later.
Margaret
Margaret’s mother died when she was an infant.
Gerald
After the death of both Gerald’s parents, he was living with his older sister.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.