My Name is
Samson

Samson
At a very young age, Samson was abandoned and taken to a local orphanage. Little is known about his background and family. After an investigation of the situation, the social welfare officer gave approval for Samson to be moved to the Rafiki Village Uganda; he arrived in 2003. Now, Samson is a graduate of the Rafiki School. He is pursuing music at the African Institute of Music on a Rafiki Scholarship and hopes to become a sound production manager. He loves to be creative through music and art. Samson trusts Jesus because He loves him, gave up His life for him, and encourages him. He desires to live a life worthy of God, and he is grateful for all the ways that God has blessed him.
DOB: Jan 22, 2001
Ben
Before arriving at the Rafiki village, Ben and his five siblings lived with their grandmother, along with her six children, in a one-room house.
Francis
Francis and his sister, Pamela, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Mphatso
Mphatso's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father remains unknown.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned him in 2008.
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Aaron
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Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
Mubiana
Mubiana's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father abandoned him.
Elube
Elube’s parents died when she was a young child.
Mary
Mary lived with her maternal grandmother after her mother's death. Her mother died in 2003 when Mary just over one year old.
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Claude
Claude arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Adella
After the death of her parents, Adella lived with her single aunt.
Rebecca
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Theresa
Theresa’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Josephine.
Benon
Benon was born to a fifteen-year-old mother who died in child birth. His grandfather was old and unable to care for him. He was brought to an...
Amos
Amos was abandoned in Kitui near the police station when he was only two years old.
Grace
Grace's parents died within one year of each other, and she was then put in the care of a maternal aunt.
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.
Priscilla
Priscilla and her sister, Erica, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
Moris
Moris was put in the care of an uncle after his mother died, and his father remains unknown.
Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.