My Name is
Frederick
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father remains unknown. His grandfather cared for him and his younger brother Barakeal for a time. Their grandfather was in poor health and was unable to work and care for the boys. He asked the Rafiki Foundation for help. The boys then moved to the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009. Fred does very well in art and physical education in school. He also enjoys playing basketball, is very skilled, and often shows good sportsmanship. Fred continues to work diligently in school and to trust in Christ as his personal Lord and Savior.
DOB: Oct 4, 2003
Dennis
Dennis arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Rebecca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Benjamin
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sensee
Sensee’s mother died three days after giving birth to her.
William
William was brought to a hospital with head injuries in August 2003.
Elikana
Elikana is a double orphan. She and her sister Mercy were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let alone...
Memory
Memory’s mother died four days after her birth.
Marie
Marie and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Timothy
Timothy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local orphanage in Kampala, Uganda after he was abandoned and given to his grandmother as an...
Tabitha
Tabitha was abandoned as a child, and none of her family members were able to care for her.
Queenie
Queenie arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Serena
Serena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Serena and her twin sister, Rena.
Aquil
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Myra
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Atsu
Atsu arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Perpetual
Perpetual arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
Ben
Ben’s mother died in November 2006, and his father sometime before that.
Genet
Genet’s mother died when she was a year old, and her father is unknown.
Moses
Moses was left as an orphan after his mother was killed in a traffic accident. His father remains unknown.
Comfort
Both of Comfort’s parents died when she was a young child. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Emmanuel
Both Emmanuel's parents abandoned him when he was a small child.
Joseph
Joseph's mother was disabled, and they were internally displaced as a result of the 2007-post-presidential elections violence.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.