My Name is
Leah
Leah
Leah has been an orphan since 2003. Leah and her younger brother, Elijah, went to live with a distant relative who had four children of his own to care for. Unable to support the children, the extended family released Leah and her brother to the care of the Rafiki Village Nigeria; they arrived at the Village in 2004. Leah is strengthened by God's promise to never leave nor forsake His people. She is learning to trust in the Lord more and more each day, and she wants to glorify God in whatever she does.
DOB: Dec 31, 2001
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...
Moses
Moses and his twin sister were abandoned at a shopping center, found by strangers, and taken to a local district hospital.
Ellen
Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November of 2010.
Gideon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jennifer
Jennifer and her twin sisters lived with their aunt and her family after the death of their parents.
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Hana
Hana’s mother died in 2008, and her father remains unknown.
Theresia
Theresia and her twin sister, Aurelia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after their mother died of cancer.
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both of his parents at birth and was being cared for by a state-run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three,...
Moses
Moses arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Miriam
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Esther
Esther and her sister, Celestina, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Sharon
Sharon's mother is deceased, and her father is unknown.
Mercy
After both Mercy's parents died, she was placed in the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Now, Mercy has graduated from the Rafiki School.
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
Diana
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gideon
Gideon's parents were killed in 2010 when mudslides buried their village and the families living there.
Gabriela
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rhoda
Rhoda's mother died when she was a small child, and her father abandoned her.
Gloria
Gloria and her twin sister Olivia were abandoned and given to a paternal uncle when their father died.
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.
John
John has charm and charisma; he is a happy boy and has a quick smile in spite of his difficult start in life.
Luke
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.