My Name is
Odel

Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her. Though she tried, her aunt struggled to care for Odel and asked the Rafiki Foundation for help. Odel arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2010. She soon began to blossom under the loving care of her Rafiki Mother. Odel enjoys studying mathematics because she likes to learn about numbers and to solve problems. She hopes to be a teacher when she grows up. She loves Jesus because He loved her first and died for her sins.
DOB: May 14, 2008
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Phineas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Cristopher
Both of Christopher's parents died in 2004.
Claire
Claire arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Christabel
After both of Christabel’s parents died of illness, she and her brother Jehosephat arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008.
Keza
Keza arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Shadreck
Shadreck’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Stephena
Stephena's father was killed by lightning and her mother died, along with Stephena's twin, while giving birth.
Alexander
Both Alex's parents are deceased. He came to live in the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2003.
Glen
Glen was found abandoned in 2005.
Micah
Micah was just nine months old when both of his parents were killed by armed robbers.
Ruki
Ruki and her older sister were abandoned by their parents at a young age. The two girls were living on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Elizabeth
After Elizabeth’s mother died in July of 2005, her children came to live with their maternal aunt who worked as a mother’s assistant at the Rafiki...
John
John arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 after both of his parents died.
Aaron
Aaron lived with his grandmother before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia
Josephine
Josephine and her sister Tendo were living in a local hospital in Kampala for some time. They were then placed in a temporary home for abandoned...
Ndidi
Ndidi lost her father in 2005 and her mother in 2008.
Charity
Both Charity's parents were killed during riots in Jos, Nigeria. She came to live at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2003.
Patrick
Patrick’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was mentally ill and unable to care for him.
Gabriel
Gabriel’s mother died in an accident, and his father died of complications from malaria.
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...
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him after the death of his parents.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.