My Name is
Harriet
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her. Without a relative to raise her, her family contacted social services. They asked Rafiki Foundation to intervene on Harriet's behalf. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2008. She now enjoys living and learning with her Rafiki family. She has learned from studying Romans in the Rafiki Bible Study to love others sincerely, not to be ashamed of the gospel, and to stay firm in faith even when things are difficult. Harriet continues to pray for a strong faith and for a hard-working spirit in school.
DOB: Nov 4, 2003
Comfort
Both of Comfort’s parents died when she was a young child. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004.
Simeon
In 2009, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare closed an orphanage due to adoption violations.
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Kirk
Kirk was found abandoned at the police lines in the city of Nairobi, Kenya.
Josiah
Josiah's mother is deceased, and his father remains unknown. He and his twin brother Joseph arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2003.
Cossam
Cossam arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 following the death of both of his parents.
Luka
Luka's mother died when he was a young child, and his father abandoned him.
Marcel
Marcel was found wandering alone near a church close to the Burundi border.
Samuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Irene
After both her mother and father abandoned her, Irene lived with her grandmother for a time.
Joshua
Joshua was abandoned by his sixteen-year-old mother.
Peace
Peace and her sister, Gift, were orphaned in 2010 when their father died of AIDs.
Gladys
Gladys is a double orphan. Her mother died in 2006, and her father died in 2007.
Patricia
Patricia's early life was filled with tragedy; she never knew either of her parents.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was cared for by a pastor of a small Baptist church and his wife after his mother died.
Chloe
When she was a child, the police found Chloe alone in a house.
Hannah
Hannah arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in April 2010.
Kelvin
Kelvin and his sister had been in the care of their grandparents since the death of their mother and father. The grandparents found it difficult to...
Isaac
Isaac and his twin sister, Sandra, moved to their home at the Rafiki Village Ghana in March 2011.
Stephena
Stephena's father was killed by lightning and her mother died, along with Stephena's twin, while giving birth.
Joseph
Very little is known about Joseph's early years, except that his mother died and his father abandoned him.
Tabitha
Tabitha was left in the care of her elderly grandparents after her mother died.
Pross
Prossy lost her father to AIDS at age four, and her mother was unable to care for her due to severe mental illness.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.