My Name is
Patience
Patience
Patience’s mother died a month after she was born. Her father was killed a year later in a farming accident. She and her half brother, Moses, were placed in the care of their uncle. He struggled to support both his family and his niece and nephew. The children were referred to the Rafiki Foundation and arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2010. Patience soon proved to be a kind young woman with lots of personality. Patience enjoys studying math because it makes her think through problems and find a solution. She thinks she would like to be a soccer player when she grows up. Patience knows that Jesus died for her sins and advocates for her in heaven. She loves the hymn "Trust and Obey" because she knows that if she trusts and obeys God, she will be with Him in paradise one day.
DOB: Feb 28, 2007
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Dalitso
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Josiah
Josiah's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002.
Augustus
Augustus, his twin brother Augustine, and his older brother Gideon arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Memory
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Denise
When Denise was one month old, she was abandoned at the Kenyatta National hospital.
Reuben
Reuben’s mother died in 2007, and his father is unknown.
Benon
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Albert
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Moses
Moses’s parents both died within a year of each other, leaving him orphaned as an infant.
Hope
Hope’s mother died of AIDs shortly after Hope was born, and her father is unknown to the family.
Mabel
Mabel, her brother, and her sister moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010.
Edmund
Edmund and his brother, Ebenezer, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in May 2009.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
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Cephas
Cephas's father died just before he was born, and his mother died when he was just four years old.
Mubiana
Mubiana's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father abandoned him.
Dereck
Dereck and his twin sister, Diana, were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.