My Name is
Mitchiel
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 hospital. Mitchiel arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in November 2003. Mitchiel always contributes well in classroom discussions, especially in Bible lessons, and she enjoys learning every subject. She has learned from the Rafiki Bible Study that God leads and guides us in our spiritual walk with Him. She continues to pray that she grows in faith and that God would mold her character.
DOB: Sep 25, 2000
Emmanuel
Emmanuel lived with his elderly grandmother after the death of his parents.
Grace
Grace was orphaned when she was only three months old.
Joseph
Joseph is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2007.
Violet
Violet's mother died in childbirth, and her father died just a year later.
Irene
After being abandoned by their parents, Irene and her twin sister, Dorine, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother.
Pross
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Winnie
Winnie's young mother died while giving birth to her, and her father died after being hit by a car.
Frank
Frank’s father was killed in a car accident, and his mother died of an illness when he was a young child.
Grace
Grace and her brother, Martin, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Donatha
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Nathan
Both of Nathan's parents died when he was young child.
Samson
At a very young age, Samson was abandoned and taken to a local orphanage.
John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him with no one to care for him.
Zachariah
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Elikem
Elikem and his sister, Abena, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2003.
Witness
Witness lived most of her early life in an orphanage.
Rachael
Rachael and her sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old, and his father is unknown.
Patrick
After Patrick’s mother and father died, he went to live with his uncle for a time.
Jehoshaphat
Both of Jehosephat’s parents died of a fatal illness when he was a young child.
James
James's parents died within months of each other; he was an orphan before he was six months old.
Abel
After Abel's mother was killed in a car accident, an elderly neighbor brought Abel into her home.
Claudia
After Claudia's parents died, she was placed in the care of her elderly grandmother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.