My Name is
Matias
Matias
After his mother died in 2009, Matias lived with his grandmother. She could not educate or properly care for Matias and asked Rafiki for help. Matias arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011. Matias is now a bright student. He also enjoys playing basketball, and he is a very strong player. It is fun to watch him play. Matias knows that God guides him in everything he does. He strives to do what is right and glorify God in his actions.
DOB: Sep 6, 2007
Elikem
Elikem and his sister, Abena, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2003.
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...
Sharon
Sharon was found abandoned as a small child.
Maria
Maria’s mother died giving birth to her, and her father died in a car accident in 2008.
Esther
Esther's father died in 2004, and her mother died six months later.
Joseph
Both of Joseph’s parents are deceased. He and his sister Abigail came to Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Paulina
Paulina’s father died before she was born, and her mother died in 2003.
Yaw
Yaw and his two sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Susan
Susan was abandoned as a child and was placed in a temporary place for abandoned children before being assigned to the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006.
Alex
Both of Alex's parents died of terminal illnesses between 2003 and 2004. He was then referred by Social Welfare to begin living in the Rafiki...
Patience
Patience’s mother died a month after she was born. Her father was killed a year later in a farming accident.
Joshua
Joshua's parents were killed in 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and the families living there. Joshua, his twin brother Gideon, and...
Abigail
Abigail was abandoned in the annex of a Nairobi hospital grounds.
Elijah
Elijah was referred to Rafiki by an orphanage four hours away from the Village.
James
James's parents died within months of each other; he was an orphan before he was six months old.
Nathan
Both of Nathan's parents died when he was young child.
Alexander
Both Alex's parents are deceased. He came to live in the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2003.
Gift
Gift was abandoned by his parents at a young age and placed in the care of his grandmother.
Myra
Paul
Paul was brought to a local children’s home in 1999 by a pastor.
Paul
Paul's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Isaac, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012.
Clinton
After the death of their parents, Clinton and his sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009.
Ellen
Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November of 2010.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.