My Name is
Samson
Samson
Both of Samson's parents died when he was a young child. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006. Samson enjoys school. He excels in history and computer class, and he desires to be either a historian or an artist. He says he is excited about the future God has placed in front of him. He continues to pray for his country, and he has been strengthened to trust God in every circumstance. Samson is striving to become a godly man, and he desires to teach the gospel to others and see their lives, and his life, transformed by God's Word.
DOB: Mar 3, 2001
Adam
Adam’s mother died giving birth to him, and his father died from complications of malaria.
Joe
Joe was placed in the care of an uncle after his mother and father died in 2010.
Janvier
Janvier arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Isaiah
Isaiah was placed into his grandparents care of following the death of his parents.
Belis
Belis' mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his grandmother who could not care for him as a small child.
John
Very few details are known about John. His mother is deceased and his father is presumed to be as well.
Yamikani
Yamikani lost her father in 2004, and her mother was also dying of an illness at this time.
Edwin
Edwin’s father abandoned him when he was a young child, leaving him with his uncle.
Kwasi
Kwasi and his twin sister, Akosua, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2009.
Hannah
Hannah’s mother abandoned her shortly after she was born.
Leah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Centia
Centia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Rahab
Rahab’s mother was unable to care for her and her father remains unknown.
Joseph
Very little is known about Joseph's early years, except that his mother died and his father abandoned him.
Kwaku
Kwaku and his older sister, Eltonia, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Kofi
In 2006, both of Kofi’s parents died in a vehicular accident while they were transporting their farm produce to a nearby market.
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning her infant.
Diana
Diana and her twin brother were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Samson
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother, Malesse, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.