My Name is
Ruth
Ruth
Ruth’s mother died in September 2002, and her father is unknown. After her mother’s death, she lived with her aunts and uncles who were unable to care for her. Ruth arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Ruth has graduated from the Rafiki School and is studying at university. She is now in her second year at Bingham University. Ruth appreciates the presence of God around her as she goes about her daily life. She is learning to trust and obey Him in the little things. Ruth strives to commit herself to God's word and to always stand up for the truth.
DOB: Jul 15, 1998
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her.
Jimmy
Jimmy and his twin sister Jane were brought to a local police station after their mother died in the Kenyatta National hospital.
Emmanuel
Both Emmanuel's parents abandoned him when he was a small child.
Patrick
After Patrick’s mother and father died, he went to live with his uncle for a time.
Josiah
Josiah's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002.
Carolyn
Carolyn was abandoned as a child and was found by a probation officer. Social welfare did a thorough search to find any relatives they could for...
Kwaku
Kwaku and his older sister, Eltonia, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Abenezer
Abenezer was just fifteen days old when his teenage mother gave him over to his grandmother.
Brian
Brian’s mother died at childbirth, and his father remains unknown. Brian was then placed in an orphanage about four hours from the Rafiki Village...
Jimmy
Jimmy and his two sisters, Jamesetta and Amelia, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
Micah
Micah was just nine months old when both of his parents were killed by armed robbers.
Micheal
When he was two months old, Michael was abandoned at a shop in Kampala, Uganda. Michael then came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in February of 2005.
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rachael
Rachael and her sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010.
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Innocent
Innocent’s mother died in 2005, and his father abandoned him, leaving him in the care of an uncle who also abandoned him as a child.
Ibrahim
Ibrahim was quite fearful when he arrived at Rafiki Village Kenya in 2004. His background and history made him fearful of change and strangers.
Abraham
Abraham's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Wesen, eighteen months later.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned her when she was one month old.
Naomie
Naomie was living with her mother in Burundi when her mother became ill and died.
Simon
Simon was found abandoned alongside the road in 2001.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.