My Name is
Katherine
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006 and has since enjoyed her new home. Kathy loves playing basketball. She is a good team player who displays good sportsmanship. Kathy's favorite subjects are math, English, and biology. She enjoys early sacred music lessons and appreciates the fact that music has been a gift from God since the beginning of the world. Kathy also plays the viola in the Rafiki Youth Orchestra. She seeks to imitate Christ, rejoice in hope, and be in constant prayer.
DOB: Sep 25, 2001
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Segen
Segen's young mother abandoned her soon after giving birth to her, leaving Segen with her grandmother.
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.
Micah
Micah was just nine months old when both of his parents were killed by armed robbers.
Esther
Esther and her sister, Celestina, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Neema
After the death of her mother and father, Neema lived with her elderly grandmother and adult sister.
Francine
Francine arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Zachariah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown.
Claudia
After Claudia's parents died, she was placed in the care of her elderly grandmother.
Phoebe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Memory
Memory’s mother died four days after her birth.
Sandra
Sandra and her twin brother, Isaac, moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2011.
James
James was orphaned after his mother was involved in a fatal road accident in April 2005.
Umu
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel lived with his elderly grandmother after the death of his parents.
Elizabeth
After Elizabeth’s mother died in July of 2005, her children came to live with their maternal aunt who worked as a mother’s assistant at the Rafiki...
Fabrice
Fabrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Adam
Little is know about Adam's family and his parents whereabouts.
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died when he was nine months old, and his father is unknown.
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ellen
Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November of 2010.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.