My Name is
Nancy
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown. Before arriving at Rafiki, Nancy lived with her elderly grandmother. Though she tried, her grandmother could not properly care for her. Nancy arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2009. Nancy shows interest in physical education classes, especially volleyball and soccer. She also enjoys language arts, literature, and reading. She is above-average academically. She conducts herself with respect, enthusiasm, care, and responsibility. Through the Rafiki Bible Study, she has learned that we should live a life that is pleasing to God by obeying what He tells us in His Word.
DOB: Oct 28, 2003
Malesse
Malesse and his twin sister, Zelalem, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Adam
Adam’s mother died giving birth to him, and his father died from complications of malaria.
Lydia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both of his parents at birth and was being cared for by a state-run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three,...
Elizabeth
Elizabeth’s father died in 2005, and her mother died soon after in 2007.
Akua
In 2007, Akua’s mother and father both died of illness a few months apart.
Augustus
Augustus, his twin brother Augustine, and his older brother Gideon arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel (Kobby) and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
Adonay
Adonay's mother tried to abandon him on the street in the Somali Region, but a man from the health station intervened and gave her some money to...
Amelia
Amelia and her sister, Jamesetta, and brother, Jimmy, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Alice
After Alice’s mother and father died, she and her brother Wilson were left in the care of an uncle.
Godiya
Godiya’s father died before she was born, and her mother died when she was a year old.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Hilda
Hilda was abandoned when she was two years old.
Hebron
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Isaka
Isaka's mother was unable to care for him due to physical limitations, so he was placed in an orphanage that cared for young children.
Joshua
Joshua and his twin brother, Samuel, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in July 2013.
Esther
Esther's father died in 2004, and her mother died six months later.
Albert
After the death of both of his parents, Albert arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Vincent
Vincent’s parents passed away by the time he was four years old.
Stella
Stella was abandoned by her mother at Kakamega Provincial General Hospital.
Patricia
Due to his own medical issues, Patricia's father could not provide for her basic needs after her mother's death.
Francis
Francis and his sister, Pamela, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.