My Name is
Serge Bebito
Serge Bebito
Serge (Bebito)'s parents both died when was a small child. His aunt cared for him and his sister, Mufasha, for a time. However, she was crippled from polio and struggled to care for the children. After investigation, Social Welfare gave approval for Serge and his sister to be placed at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010. Serge soon loved having lots of brothers and sisters to play ball and attend school with. He has learned how to care more for others than himself, and he has also learned the importance of praying for others. Serge values hard work, and he knows that hard work will help him grow into the man he wants to become.
DOB: Aug 15, 2006
Lonnie
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, Lonnie was called “Lonely” because both of her parents were deceased.
Daniel
Daniel’s mother and father died in 2006 when he was an infant. He and his sister Esther arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2009.
Margaret
Margaret’s mother died when she was an infant.
Margaret
After Margaret's parents died, she lived with her impoverished grandmother who had little means to provide for her and her sister, Grace.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Eden
Clarisse
Clarisse's elderly grandmother cared for her since her birth.
Abraham
After Abraham's mother died, he was sent to live with his aunt.
Hope
Hope’s mother died of AIDs shortly after Hope was born, and her father is unknown to the family.
Ethan
Ethan’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father died in 2002.
Israel
Ebenezer
Ebenezer and his brother, Edmund, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in May 2009.
Enoch
Enoch’s mother worked at Rafiki. Her last request before her death was her hope that Enoch could come to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Wongani
Both Wongani's parents died by the time he was two years old.
Jessica
Jessica was found abandoned as an infant at a community school on September 14, 2009 and was taken to the police station.
Kalkidan
Kalkidan was abandoned at a very young age, so his elderly grandparents cared for him.
Naomi
Naomi’s father died when she was a year old.
Tendo
After Tendo and her two sisters, Christina and Peace, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
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.
Michael
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Gloria
Gloria and her twin sister Olivia were abandoned and given to a paternal uncle when their father died.
Martey
Martey and his sisters, Selom and Francesca, were often left unattended for days at a time by their mentally ill mother.
Chloe
Chloe is a double orphan; both of her parents died when she was around three years old.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.