My Name is
Ellen
Ellen
Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November of 2010. She is very shy and quiet, but she is learning to open up and be more verbal. She enjoys history and P.E. class. Her favorite activity is playing kickball. Living in the Village, Ellen has learned that God wants us to love one another and that He will be coming again.
DOB: May 4, 2009
Adam
Adam’s mother died giving birth to him, and his father died from complications of malaria.
Rhoda
Rhoda's mother died when she was a small child, and her father abandoned her.
George
After George’s mother and father died, he was placed in the care of his sixteen-year-old aunt.
Ariet
Ariet and her little brother Frankson were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Michael
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Furahini
Furahini and her sister, Scolastika, lived with their grandmother after their mother disappeared.
Silas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rebecca
When she first arrived at the Village, Rebecca became an avid reader, sitting for hours with a book and reading to younger Rafiki children.
Prisca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Lazarus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Beatrice
Beatrice’s parents died of a terminal illness shortly after she was born, and she was put in the care of her grandmother.
Kelvin
After the death of their parents, Kelvin and his sister lived with their grandparents for a time.
Mphatso
Mphatso's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father remains unknown.
Leah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Silas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nasha
Nasha, her sister, and cousin were in their grandmother's care after her father's death.
Lilian
Lilian was born a twin but was separated from her brother at birth.
Isaka
Isaka's mother was unable to care for him due to physical limitations, so he was placed in an orphanage that cared for young children.
Anne
Anne’s mother is physically handicapped and unable to care for her.
Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.
Marie
Marie Jeanne arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Lucia
Lucia’s mother died shortly after she gave birth to her and there were no records of her father or other relatives.
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