My Name is
Mabel
Mabel
Mabel, her twin brother, and her half sister moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010. Now, Mabel is an outgoing and talkative young woman. She enjoys studying mathematics and working with numbers, and she loves to play soccer. Mabel enjoys praising God through singing. She likes the words of the hymn "Though Troubles Assail Us" because it reminds her that the Lord will provide for her.
DOB: Feb 22, 2007
Samuel
Samuel and his twin brother, Joshua, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in July 2013.
Myra
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Alice
Alice’s parents both died by 2005 and she was left in the care of her eighteen-year-old brother.
Anjela
After being abandoned by her mother, Anjela lived with her elderly grandfather in a small mud hut.
Kelia
Kelia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Dennis
Dennis arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Kofi
Kofi’s mother suffered from psychological issues, and she was deemed mentally unfit to care for him by social welfare services.
Abraham
Abraham's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Wesen, eighteen months later.
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Austin
Austin’s parents died leaving him an orphan at just one year old.
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Alice
After Alice’s mother and father died, she and her brother Wilson were left in the care of an uncle.
Christabel
After both of Christabel’s parents died of illness, she and her brother Jehosephat arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008.
Tabitha
Both of Tabitha’s parents died before she was four years old, leaving her and her four older brothers and sisters as orphans.
Beniyam
Beniyam was born in Mojo. His mother died when he was three years old, and his father abandoned him, giving him to his maternal grandparents.
Rachel
Rachel is a double orphan. Both of her parents died tragically in 2007 and 2008.
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Lulu
Lulu was abandoned at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center when she was born.
Alex
Alex and his sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Jehu
Jehu's mother died of yellow fever and his father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Afia
Afia arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.