My Name is
William
William
William was brought to a hospital with head injuries in August 2003. He was treated and he recovered, but the police were unable to locate his parents or any relatives. William was admitted to a babies' home shortly thereafter. After a medical exam to determine that there were no permanent problems caused by the head injury, he arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in April 2004. William’s favorite school subject is Bible “because I want to learn how to teach people God’s Word.” William also enjoys playing the trumpet and teaching it to younger residents at the Village. William has a developed a personal relationship with Christ, and he desires to live in a manner that pleases God. William seeks to discern what God would have him do with his future.
DOB: May 5, 2003
Lonnie
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, Lonnie was called “Lonely” because both of her parents were deceased.
Chloe
When she was a child, the police found Chloe alone in a house.
Beauregard
Beauregard’s mother died soon after giving birth to him in November, 2006.
Selah
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Augustine
Augustine, his twin brother Augustus, and older brother Gideon, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Faith
Faith’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and her father died soon after in an accident.
Bernice
Bernice was in the care of her paternal uncle before arriving at the Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Ariet
Ariet and her little brother Frankson were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Watson
Watson arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 with his older brother Benjamin.
Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Ermias
Ermias' mother was mentally handicapped. She abandoned Ermias and his sister, Mehiret, and gave them to the care of their impoverished grandmother.
Beatrice
Beatrice was left in the care of her aunt after her parents died in 2006. They lived in a two-room house with nine other relatives.
Adeline
Adeline and her mother were living with a family friend when her mother left one day and never returned.
Dadi
Both of Dadi’s parents died in 2005.
Ato
Both of Ato's parents were deaf, mute, and mentally challenged.
Bethlehem
Bethlehem's (Betty's) mother abandoned her to go find work and left her with a neighbor.
Hope
Hope’s father died HIV positive, and his mother was also living HIV positive and was very sick. She wanted Hope placed in a good home before she died.
Donatha
When Donatha was extremely young, her mother and father both died of an illness.
Nahom
Nahom’s mother died when he was just nine months old, and his father died when he was twenty months old.
Hilda
Hilda was abandoned when she was two years old.
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Gladys
Gladys arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Paul
Paul's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Isaac, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.