My Name is
Mary
Mary
Mary was placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010. Mary soon proved to be a sweet and happy young lady. She is often smiling and giggling with her friends. Mary is a vibrant, joyful child who brightens everyone’s day. She likes the hymn "Christ is Coming" because it reminds her of Christ's return. She continues to pray for a strong faith and to do well academically.
DOB: Sep 28, 2007
Sharon
When Sharon was barely a toddler, her parents died in a fatal accident.
Stanley
Both of Stanley's parents contracted a fatal illness and died when he was a young child.
Faith
Faith’s mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia.
Martey
Martey and his sisters, Selom and Francesca, were often left unattended for days at a time by their mentally ill mother.
Augustine
Augustine arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Catherine
Both Catherine's mother and father are deceased.
Catherine
Catherine was found wandering the streets of her village when she was approximately two years old.
John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him with no one to care for him.
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents.
Chloe
Chloe is a double orphan; both of her parents died when she was around three years old.
Gadissa
Gadissa, along with his sister Feyise, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Susanna
Chloe
Isaac
Isaac's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Paul, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012. The boys' mother passed...
Dorine
Dorine and her twin sister, Irene, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother after they were abandoned by their parents.
Beatrice
Beatrice’s mother was mentally ill and living on the streets.
Rachel
Rachel was orphaned when she was just three months old and was then taken in by her grandparents.
Rabecca
Rabecca is a double orphan. She lived with her aunt and grandmother after the death of her parents.
Deborah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gelane
Gelane’s parents died two years apart from one another.
Chukwudi
Chukwudi is a double orphan, having lost his father in 2005 and his mother in 2008.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.