My Name is
Mai
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school. However, instead of being enrolled in school, Mai was made to haul water each morning, sell goods daily in the local market, and then walk home alone each night and do household chores until 10 p.m. Her neighbors noticed what was happening and notified the police. The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare ruled Mai to be abandoned: her caretaker fled, and she has no known relatives. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2012. Now, Mai hopes to be a nurse when she grows up. She wants to help others feel better and teach them how to be healthy. Her favorite verse is Matthew 11:30.
DOB: Feb 3, 2006
Timothy
Timothy’s father died in 2002 of whooping cough, and his mother died several months later after a brief period of illness.
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Marie Jeanne
Marie Jeanne was brought to her elderly, sickly grandmother when she was a young child after both of her parents died of sickness.
Munyithya
Munyithya's father died four months after he was born, and his mother followed eighteen months later before his second birthday.
Dorcas
Dorcas was abandoned by both her parents at birth.
Marcel
Marcel was found wandering alone near a church close to the Burundi border.
Sam
An aunt cared for Sam after his mother and father died of an illness in 2010.
Benon
Benon was born to a fifteen-year-old mother who died in child birth. His grandfather was old and unable to care for him. He was brought to an...
Gideon
Gideon and his younger twin brothers arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Tapiwa
Tapiwa and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Centia
Centia’s father died before she was born, and her mother died when she was about seven months old.
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned by both her parents at birth and brought to the state-run orphanage in Jos, Nigeria. Vicky was severely malnourished and in...
Adella
After the death of her parents, Adella lived with her single aunt.
Sharon
Sharon was found abandoned as a small child.
Daniel
Daniel and his brother were orphaned after their parents died.
Benson Michael
Benson Michael was found at the prison grounds by a woman who took him to the police station on August 28, 2005.
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died when he was nine months old, and his father is unknown.
Selah
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Honorine
Both Mufasha's mother and father died when she was a young child.
Mubiana
Mubiana's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father abandoned him.
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
Yeabsira
Not much is known about Yeabsira’s life before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia.
Daniel
Daniel and his sister, Miriam, were placed in the care of their with their grandfather when their parents died.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.