My Name is
Marie Jeanne
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. Her grandmother was already caring for eight other children at the time, and her own health was deteriorating. She contacted the Rafiki Foundation for help. Marie Jeanne arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010. She soon adjusted to her new life and became excited about attending school. She has learned how important it is to pray for others. Her faith continues to grow as she trusts in God and His plan for her life. Marie Jeanne praises God for the prayers he has answered in her life.
DOB: Jan 1, 2006
Polycarp
Polycarp was abandoned at the age of four and placed into a baby's home.
Joseph
Very little is known about Joseph's early years, except that his mother died and his father abandoned him.
Hope
Hope’s mother died of AIDs shortly after Hope was born, and her father is unknown to the family.
Frank
Both Frank's parents died shortly after his birth.
Bethany
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Rebecca
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Queen
Queen’s mother died in 2007 and her father, unable to care for her, abandoned her.
Joshua
Joshua was abandoned by his sixteen-year-old mother.
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned when she was just one week old.
Anna
Anna was left on a porch in Monrovia, Liberia when she was eighteen months old.
Memory
Memory and her twin brother, Uchizi, had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown.
Simon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Diana
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Edmund
Edmund and his brother, Ebenezer, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in May 2009.
Gabriel
Gabriel's father abandoned the family and his mother did not recover from the C-section she had when he was born. Since that time he lived with...
Theresia
Theresia and her twin sister, Aurelia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after their mother died of cancer.
Vivian
Both of Vivian's parents died in 2005. She briefly lived with a maternal uncle, but he was unable to care properly for Vivian.
Mitchiel
Mitchiel was brought to the Nairobi Children’s Home in May 2001 by the local police after her mentally ill mother was placed in a psychiatric...
Isaac
Isaac and his twin sister, Sandra, moved to their home at the Rafiki Village Ghana in March 2011.
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness.
Moses
Social Services recommended that Moses be removed from his home because his parents could not take care of him properly.
Kilonzi
Kilonzi arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya with his older brother Mumo in 2006.
Lackson
Lackson became a double orphan at age 6 when both his mother and father died.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.