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
Belis
Belis' mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Priscilla
Priscilla and her sister, Erica, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
Anastazia
Anastazia is a double orphan. She and her brother Innocent arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2008 and soon benefited from the quality care,...
Chloe
Chloe is a double orphan; both of her parents died when she was around three years old.
John
John’s father had been deceased for a few years when his mother died in 2007.
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Surafel
Surafel and his sister, Fortuna, where left in the care of an uncle after their mother and father died.
Matias
After his mother died in 2009, Matias lived with his grandmother.
Salvio
Salvio's mother died shortly after giving birth to him. His neighbors tried to help but had six children of their own and were unable to adequately...
Daniel
Daniel and his brother were orphaned after their parents died.
Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother, Kelvin, went to live with their grandparents.
Gift
Gift and her sister, Peace, were orphaned in 2010 when their father died of AIDs. Their mother abandoned the family in 2008 and is believed to be...
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old.
Chloe
When she was a child, the police found Chloe alone in a house.
Nixon
The father of Nixon died early in his life and his mother had a fatal illness. She and the extended family felt it best to give Nixon a new start...
Caroline
Caroline's parents died within one year of each other before she turned three years old.
Peter
Both of Peter’s parents were killed during religious riots that occurred in 2004 in a village about two hours away from Jos, Nigeria.
Judith
Judith’s father died in 2008, and her mother died in 2009.
James
James was orphaned after his mother was involved in a fatal road accident in April 2005.
Kwaku
Kwaku’s mother died nine days after giving birth to him and his twin sister.
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Jeff
Jeff’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.