My Name is
Patrick
Patrick
After Patrick’s mother and father died, he went to live with his uncle for a time. His uncle had the responsibility of taking care of eleven children. He struggled to take care of their basic needs, could not send all the children to school, and sought help. Patrick was referred to Rafiki and arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia in 2010. Patrick writes his own plays and song lyrics, and he enjoys singing hymns. Patrick believes Jesus is his Savior and God, and he strives to glorify God.
DOB: Apr 16, 2005
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Frank
Both Frank's parents died shortly after his birth.
Jamila
Jamila's mother gave her over to the care of her aunt.
Irene
After being abandoned by their parents, Irene and her twin sister, Dorine, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother.
Rebecca
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Jane
Before coming to Rafiki, Jane lived with her mother. Due to her mental condition, Jane's mother could not properly care for her.
Martha
Martha's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel (Kobby) and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
Enid
Enid arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness.
Faith
Faith’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and her father died soon after in an accident.
Anna
Anna was left on a porch in Monrovia, Liberia when she was eighteen months old.
Teeweh
Teeweh and his older sister Adele arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012 after their mother died and their father gave them up.
Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead.
Obadiah
Obadiah was found abandoned as a small child in 2006 in Paynesville, Liberia.
Felix
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Janet
Janet's mother died in 2012, and it was soon confirmed that her mother's husband was not her biological father.
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
Ethan
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Paul
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Christina
Christina arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2008 shortly after her mother's death.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.