My Name is
Judith
Judith
Judith's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002. She and her brother Josiah came to the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Now, Judith enjoys school, and she thinks education is important because it helps improve our knowledge of life skills. She says God makes Himself known to her through the Bible. Though she cannot see Him physically, she believes in Christ and trusts Him with her life.
DOB: Apr 8, 1999
Beatrice
Beatrice’s parents died of a terminal illness shortly after she was born, and she was put in the care of her grandmother.
Francesca
Francesca's mentally ill mother would leave her, her brother Martey, and her sister Selom unattended for days at a time.
Isaka
Isaka's mother was unable to care for him due to physical limitations, so he was placed in an orphanage that cared for young children.
Kevin
Kevin was found in the central district of Nairobi by the local police in December 2001. He was brought to a children’s home to wait while the...
Comfort
Both of Comfort’s parents died when she was a young child. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004.
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Agrippa
Agrippa’s mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died before her.
Kwaku
Kwaku’s mother died nine days after giving birth to him and his twin sister.
Catherine
Catherine was found wandering the streets of her village when she was approximately two years old.
Juliet Babirye
Juliet and her twin brother Kato were brought to a babies' home as young children after they were abandoned by their mother and father.
Wanangwa
By 2007, Wanangwa had lost both of his parents to fatal illnesses.
Babirye
Babirye and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Mirriam
Mirriam’s father died in 2003, and her mother died two years later.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Jeff
Jeff’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Cephas
Cephas's father died just before he was born, and his mother died when he was just four years old.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dorine
Dorine and her twin sister, Irene, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother after they were abandoned by their parents.
Kelia
An old woman from a local village brought Kelia to a police station in 2011, hoping to find someone to care for her.
Charles
Charles was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage. Little is known about his background or his family.
Sumaya
Sumaya's father died when she was a young child, and her mother started living with another man who was unwilling to care for her.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.