My Name is
Mercy
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry. Her mother gave her to her great grandmother, who was unable to care for her, and Mercy's father abandoned the family soon after she was born. Mercy was approved by Social Welfare and arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2008. Mercy's favorite subjects are math and science, and she knows they are key for her future career choice: she would like to become an engineer! From studying God's Word through the Rafiki Bible Study, Mercy understands that she is alive to Christ and dead to sin. She continues to pray to love others well and grow strong in the faith.
DOB: Oct 22, 2007
Randall
Randall was abandoned by his mother shortly after his birth.
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died when he was nine months old, and his father is unknown.
Naomi
Naomi’s father died when she was a year old.
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was six months old, his mother took him to visit her cousin.
Gertrude
Gertrude (Trudy) was orphaned after her father and mother died within a year of each other.
Jennifer
Jennifer is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Janet and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Juliet
Both of Juliet’s parents died when she was about two years old. She was then placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Jackson
Jackson’s mother and father died of health complications in 2013.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
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...
Violet
Violet's mother died in childbirth, and her father died just a year later.
Juliet Babirye
Juliet and her twin brother Kato were brought to a babies' home as young children after they were abandoned by their mother and father.
Rachel
Rachel is a double orphan. Both of her parents died tragically in 2007 and 2008.
Alexander
Both Alex's parents are deceased. He came to live in the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2003.
Diana
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joshua
Joshua and his twin brother, Samuel, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in July 2013.
Nancy
Both of Nancy's parents died when she was a young child
Joe
Joe was placed in the care of an aunt after his mother and father died.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Job Ayuba
Job was orphaned when his mother died in 2003. His father passed away two years earlier.
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Juliet
Juliet Faith was found abandoned in a remote area outside of Nairobi, Kenya.
Luke
Luke’s father was a soldier and died before he turned three.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.