My Name is
Florence
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother. She arrived at the Village in 2006. Florence is a team player who enjoys helping her classmates. She is an encourager and planner, preparing for class by completing her homework and reminding others to do so as well. Florence trusts Jesus as her personal Savior who died for her sins. She is committed to loving her enemies and doing what is pleasing to God.
DOB: Feb 12, 2002
Bertha
Bertha lost both of her parents to an illness.
Beatrice
Beatrice’s mother was mentally ill and living on the streets.
Anna
Anna arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006, a year after both her parents died.
Kelia
Kelia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
George
George's mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Leul
After Leul's father died and his mother abandoned him, he was placed in the care of a widow.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Austin
Austin’s father died in an accident when he was cutting down a tree, and his mother died in November, 2009 from malaria.
Theresia
Theresia and her twin sister, Aurelia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after their mother died of cancer.
John
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gloria
Gloria and her twin sister Olivia were abandoned and given to a paternal uncle when their father died.
Dumisani
After the death of his parents, Dumisani arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Eve
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jordan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Bernice
Bernice was in the care of her paternal uncle before arriving at the Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Carol
Carol lived with her grandmother after her mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for her, and her father abandoned the family when she...
Mary
Both of Mary’s parents were ill. Her father abandoned her mother, and her mother gave her up because she was too sick to care for her.
Esau
Esau's mother died while delivering his younger brother, Isaac, and his father died the next year in a car accident.
Sumaya
Sumaya's father died when she was a young child, and her mother started living with another man who was unwilling to care for her.
Kilonzi
Kilonzi arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya with his older brother Mumo in 2006.
Umu
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Paul
Paul was found abandoned as a small child and taken to the local police station.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.