My Name is
Linda
Linda
Linda's parents died in 2004. She was living with relatives for a time, but they found they could not provide for her and her brother, Caleb, and sought help. Linda and Caleb arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006. Linda is now a good student who enjoys school and excels in art. Linda enjoys interacting with others and thinks she would like to become a psychologist someday. She wants to live a godly life to honor and glorify God. Linda also wants to love her neighbors as herself, forgive others, and read God's Word often. She continues to pray to grow academically and to love others genuinely.
DOB: Aug 8, 2002
Abraham
After Abraham's mother died, he was sent to live with his aunt.
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Mumo
Mumo arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya with his younger brother Kilonzi in 2006.
Bernice
Bernice was in the care of her paternal uncle before arriving at the Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Jessica
Jessica was found abandoned as an infant at a community school on September 14, 2009 and was taken to the police station.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
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...
Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Isaac
Isaac's mother died while delivering him, and his father died the following year in a car accident.
Jane
Jane and her twin brother Jimmy were brought to a police station after their mother died in a local hospital.
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father is unknown.
Jackson
Jackson’s mother and father died of health complications in 2013.
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Ruth
Both of Ruth's parents are deceased. She and her brother Christopher lived with their grandmother before she sought help from social welfare...
Edmund
Edmund and his brother, Ebenezer, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in May 2009.
Mathias
Mathias’s mother died a year after his father died.
Hilda
Hilda was abandoned when she was two years old.
Amelia
Amelia and her sister, Jamesetta, and brother, Jimmy, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
Rahab
Rahab’s mother was unable to care for her and her father remains unknown.
Champ
Champ's mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Nancy
Nancy was placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003. John was then placed in the care of his grandmother, but she struggled to provide for him and was unable to...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.