My Name is
Mphatso
Mphatso
Mphatso's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father remains unknown. After his mother's death Mphatso was placed in the care of his elderly grandmother who was unable to provide for his daily needs. Social welfare services asked the Rafiki Foundation to intervene in his situation, and he arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2008. Mphatso has learned about Jesus through the Rafiki Bible Study, and he understands that only Jesus can reconcile sinners to God.
DOB: Oct 20, 2006
Gadissa
Gadissa, along with his sister Feyise, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Emmanuella (Muki)
Emmanuella's (Muki) mother died in June 2008. She lived with her father until he died in July 2008. After living with an aunt who could not...
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Grace
Grace's parents are both deceased. As an infant, she was in the care of an aunt who soon was unable to care for her properly.
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Ebenezer
Ebenezer and his brother, Edmund, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in May 2009.
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Gabriel
After Gabriel's father died in 2006, his ailing mother contacted social welfare services to intervene in her son's life.
Isaac
Isaac and his twin sister, Sandra, moved to their home at the Rafiki Village Ghana in March 2011.
Innocent
Innocent was abandoned as a young child and was then referred to a babies' home.
Ben
Before arriving at the Rafiki village, Ben and his five siblings lived with their grandmother, along with her six children, in a one-room house.
Esther
Esther and her sister, Celestina, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Moses
Moses and his twin sister were abandoned at a shopping center, found by strangers, and taken to a local district hospital.
John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him with no one to care for him.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel and his sister, Mary, were born to a mentally-ill mother who lacked the mental and physical faculties to care for them, and their father...
Rabson
Rabson and his brother, Vincent, lived with their grandmother after their parents died in 2011.
Mary
Mary and her sister Rachael arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Ndidi
Ndidi lost her father in 2005 and her mother in 2008.
Deogloriosio
Deo's parents are both deceased, making him a double orphan. His father died right before he was born and his mother soon after.
Simon
Simon was found abandoned alongside the road in 2001.
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever.
Akua
In 2007, Akua’s mother and father both died of illness a few months apart.
Mediatrice
Mediatrice’s parents became sick and both died in 2007.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.