My Name is
Serena

Serena
Serena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Serena and her twin sister, Rena. Her father also died in 2008 from an illness. Serena and her sister then lived with an impoverished aunt who struggled to provide for the twins and her own children. She appealed to the Rafiki Foundation for help. The girls arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2010. Since coming to the Rafiki Village, Serena has learned about God and been baptized! Her favorite Bible verse is Romans 8:31 because it reminds her that God is on her side.
DOB: May 18, 2006
Jennifer
Jennifer is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Janet and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Ruki
Ruki and her older sister were abandoned by their parents at a young age. The two girls were living on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Memory
Memory and her twin brother, Uchizi, had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
Maureen
Maureen's parents died in a road accident in 2004.
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jane
Both Jane's parents died when she was a young child, making her a double orphan.
Polycarp
Polycarp was abandoned at the age of four and placed into a baby's home.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel (Kobby) and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
Beauregard
Beauregard’s mother died soon after giving birth to him in November, 2006.
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, James.
Jane
Jane and her twin brother Jimmy were brought to a police station after their mother died in a local hospital.
Tabitha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Patience
Patience was abandoned by her mother in 2005, and her father cared for her until he died in 2008.
Mary
Mary was referred to the Rafiki Village Kenya by an orphanage about four hours away. She came to Rafiki in October 2004.
Tizeta
Tizeta was abandoned by her mother, and her father is unknown.
Ariet
Ariet and her little brother Frankson were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old.
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Blessed
Blessed’s mother abandoned her four days after her birth at the Kakamega Provincial General Hospital.
Diane
Diane arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.