My Name is
Jimmy
Jimmy
Jimmy and his twin sister Jane were brought to a local police station after their mother died in the Kenyatta National hospital. Eventually, Jimmy's grandfather was located, but he was unable to care for the twins. Both children arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2004. Jimmy is attentive during Bible lessons and enjoys physical education. He wants to read the Bible in order to know God more.
DOB: Jul 21, 2002
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his grandmother who could not care for him as a small child.
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Abenezer
Abenezer was just fifteen days old when his teenage mother gave him over to his grandmother.
Andrew
Andrew arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui, Kenya in 2000.
Rebecca
Rebecca arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Sean
Sean’s mother abandoned him after his father was put in prison.
Hope
Hope’s mother died of AIDs shortly after Hope was born, and her father is unknown to the family.
Mary
Mary lived with her maternal grandmother after her mother's death. Her mother died in 2003 when Mary just over one year old.
Makatee
.Makatee’s mother died in a car accident when she was eleven months old.
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever.
Edda
Orphaned at birth, Edda lived with her grandparents when she was a small child.
Theresia
Theresia and her twin sister, Aurelia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after their mother died of cancer.
Luka
Luka's mother died when he was a young child, and his father abandoned him.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Fortuna
Fortuna and her brother Surafel were left in their uncle's care when their mother and father died.
Claudia
After Claudia's parents died, she was placed in the care of her elderly grandmother.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Ruth
After the death of their parents, Ruth and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Patrick
After Patrick’s mother and father died, he went to live with his uncle for a time.
Henry
Henry's mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died soon after his mother.
Denis
After the death of their father, Denis and his brother, Charles, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small room, one-room house.
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.
Khumbo
Khumbo's mother died in 2007 when he was two years old, and his father’s whereabouts remain unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.