My Name is
Mika

Mika
Mika and his brother, Bulus, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents. Though they tried, the grandparents struggled to provide for the boys' basic needs. Social welfare reviewed the situation and contacted Rafiki. Mika and Bulus arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in February 2010. Now, Mika's strongest subjects are grammar, science, and Hausa: a local language. Through the Rafiki Bible Study and family devotionals, Mika has learned the importance of trusting God and being a person of integrity. He hopes to encourage others just as the Bible has encouraged him.
DOB: Feb 8, 2004
Joshua
Joshua was abandoned by his sixteen-year-old mother.
Enoch
Enoch’s mother worked at Rafiki. Her last request before her death was her hope that Enoch could come to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Judith
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Mwiza
Mwiza arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2006 after the death of his parents.
Miriam
Miriam was found at a local market in the Machakos district of Kenya.
Dennis
Dennis arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Sibongile
Sibongile’s mother was impoverished and unable to care for her or her sister Siphwe.
Mphatso
Mphatso's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father remains unknown.
Tapiwa
Tapiwa and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Comfort
Both of Comfort’s parents died when she was a young child. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004.
Margaret
Margaret’s mother died when she was an infant.
Selah
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Felistas
Felistas’ mother died shortly after giving birth to her sister, Gracious, and their father abandoned them.
Kasayoka
Nancy's (Kasayoka) father died when she was two and her mother died eighteen months later.
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...
Amelia
Amelia and her sister, Jamesetta, and brother, Jimmy, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Khumbo
Khumbo's mother died in 2007 when he was two years old, and his father’s whereabouts remain unknown.
Julius
Julius’s mother abandoned him after his father died. He came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in March 2008.
Reuben
Reuben’s mother died in 2007, and his father is unknown.
Witness
Witness lived most of her early life in an orphanage.
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents.
Uwase
Uwase arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.