My Name is
Rachel
Rachel
Rachel’s mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father remains unknown. Rachel was referred to the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006 by Social Welfare because she had no extended family to care for her. Rachel attends Open Doors School for special children, and she is doing well there. Rachel loves singing during devotions and learning new hymns. She continues to pray that she will love God more than anything else.
DOB: Sep 20, 2004
Stephena
Stephena's father was killed by lightning and her mother died, along with Stephena's twin, while giving birth.
Claudia
After Claudia's parents died, she was placed in the care of her elderly grandmother.
Cristopher
Both of Christopher's parents died in 2004.
Gideon
Gideon and his twin brothers arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Dagim
Dagim's mother died shortly after his birth.
Naomi
Naomi’s father died when she was a year old.
Aquila
Aquila and his sister Priscilla literally lost their father in Jan 2000, when he went missing after riots broke out near their village. Considered...
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Felix
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jeremiah
After the death of his parents, Jeremiah lived with a family member. Though she tried, this family member could not provide for Jeremiah's basic...
Mathew
Zawady
Zawady is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2006.
Babirye
Babirye and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Moses
Moses arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Ethan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Chloe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mapalo
Mapalo’s grandmother was caring for ten of her grandchildren as well as four of her own children.
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...
Joe
Joe was placed in the care of an uncle after his mother and father died in 2010.
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.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Nahum
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.