My Name is
Rinet
Rinet
Rinet's mother was terminally ill and not expected to live much longer. Social services recommended that Rinet be moved to the Rafiki Village, and she arrived in 2013. Rinet is now an outstanding math student and enjoys math the most out of all her subjects. Once she finishes her schooling, she hopes to become an accountant so that she can continue working with numbers. Rinet is thankful to God for teaching her to love others as she loves herself. Her favorite part of each day is studying God’s Word with her Rafiki family. Rinet prays that her faith will continue to grow and that she will be consistent in showing love to others.
DOB: Dec 2, 2006
Tabitha
Both of Tabitha’s parents died before she was four years old, leaving her and her four older brothers and sisters as orphans.
Kwaku
Kwaku and his older sister, Eltonia, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Moses
Moses was left as an orphan after his mother was killed in a traffic accident. His father remains unknown.
Aneth
After the death of her parents, Aneth lived with her single aunt.
Janet
Janet's mother died in 2012, and it was soon confirmed that her mother's husband was not her biological father.
Queen
Queen’s mother died in 2007 and her father, unable to care for her, abandoned her.
Derrick
Derrick was referred to Rafiki by a local children's ministry.
Gabriel
After Gabriel's father died in 2006, his ailing mother contacted social welfare services to intervene in her son's life.
Lemmy
Lemmy and his sister, Eva, were living with their grandmother, who did not have the means to feed them every day, before they came to Rafiki.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Dorcas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Blessing
Blessing and her twin brother Dalitso, had moved four times since their mother died when they were babies. They lived at two babies’ homes and then...
Yordanos
Yordanos’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandfather, in 2006.
Saul
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ndidi
Ndidi lost her father in 2005 and her mother in 2008.
Titus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mary
Mary was placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
James
James’ mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, Joseph.
Jane
Before coming to Rafiki, Jane lived with her mother. Due to her mental condition, Jane's mother could not properly care for her.
Darris
Darris's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Rebecca
Rebecca 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...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.