My Name is
Ruth
Ruth
Ruth’s mother abandoned her and placed her in the care of her elderly grandmother. The family lived in poverty, and her grandmother could not provide for her granddaughter's most basic needs. They asked the Rafiki Foundation to assume Ruth's care. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in October 2010. Ruth is happy and a well-adjusted young woman. She is very friendly and ready to assist others. Ruth enjoys learning about animals in science, and she also enjoys math.
DOB: Feb 6, 2005
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.
Prince
Prince and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
Benjamin
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gideon
Gideon and his twin brothers arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Philip
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Isaiah
Isaiah was placed into his grandparents care of following the death of his parents.
Sandra
Sandra and her twin brother, Isaac, moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2011.
Etsub
Etsub and her brother, Robel, lived with their mother before she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Moses
Moses was left as an orphan after his mother was killed in a traffic accident. His father remains unknown.
Nicodemus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jimmy
Jimmy and his two sisters, Jamesetta and Amelia, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Awumbe
Awumbe and his brother and sister, Atimbil and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Dennis
Dennis lived with his grandmother after his mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for him, and his father abandoned the family when he...
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning her infant.
Jacob
Jacob first arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006 after the death of his parents.
Patrick
Patrick’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was mentally ill and unable to care for him.
Rahab
Rahab’s mother was unable to care for her and her father remains unknown.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Sindani
Sindani and her two older sisters were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their parents.
Enoch
Enoch’s mother died within two months of his birth, and his father remains unknown.
Tendo
After Tendo and her two sisters, Christina and Peace, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Catherine
Catherine’s mother died in 2005, and her father committed suicide in 2008.
Denis
After the death of their father, Denis and his brother, Charles, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small room, one-room house.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.