My Name is
Blessing
Blessing
Blessing’s father died in a motor accident before she was born, and her mother died three weeks after her birth. She then lived with her aunt who had five children of her own for a time. Social services investigated and determined that she should be placed in the care of the Rafiki Village Nigeria. She arrived at the Village in 2010. Blessing is a good student who enjoys school. She is also very creative and loves singing and reading. She continues to pray to show God's love to others and to be an encouragement to those around her.
DOB: Sep 5, 2006
Jane
Jane and her sister and cousin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Michelle
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Grace
Grace lived with her grandmother after the death of her mother and father in 2006.
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning her infant.
Rebecca
Rebecca’s mother died and her father was killed when she was a young child.
Pierre
Pierre and his brother first arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Rachel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Purity
After her parents died in 2004, Purity was placed in the care of her aunt and uncle.
Segen
Segen's young mother abandoned her soon after giving birth to her, leaving Segen with her grandmother.
Phineas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Kelia
Kelia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Naomi
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
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.
Cilicia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emmanuella
Emmanuella (Muki) arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Tracy
Both Tracy's (Tamar’s) parents died of illness in 2002.
Fiyete
Fiyete arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Rebecca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Erick
Erick lived with his impoverished uncle who could not provide for his needs before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Darris
Darris's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
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.
Rebeccah
Rebecca was admitted to a babies' home in October 2004.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister Phiona arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2005.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.