My Name is
Valiness
Valiness
From a young age, Valiness lived with her impoverished grandmother who could not provide for her needs. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007. Valiness excels in many academic subjects and catches on quickly to learn new things. She especially enjoys math and language arts. Valiness has professed faith in Jesus as her personal Lord and Savior. She is grateful that God forgives all who confess their sins and trust in Him. Valiness finds comfort in the fact that God is trustworthy and all-knowing.
DOB: Jan 25, 2003
Hope
Hope’s father died HIV positive, and his mother was also living HIV positive and was very sick. She wanted Hope placed in a good home before she died.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dorine
Dorine and her twin sister, Irene, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother after they were abandoned by their parents.
Onesmus
Onesmus's mother passed away two months after he was born.
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rachel
Rachel is a double orphan. Both of her parents died tragically in 2007 and 2008.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel lived with his elderly grandmother after the death of his parents.
Nixon
The father of Nixon died early in his life and his mother had a fatal illness. She and the extended family felt it best to give Nixon a new start...
Ndidi
Ndidi lost her father in 2005 and her mother in 2008.
Elikana
Elikana is a double orphan. She and her sister Mercy were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let alone...
Moris
Moris was put in the care of an uncle after his mother died, and his father remains unknown.
Gad
Gad arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Henry
Henry's mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died soon after his mother.
David
David was abandoned as a newborn at a local hospital and discovered by the night staff.
Jane
Jane and her sister and cousin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old.
Dennis
Dennis lived with his grandmother after his mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for him, and his father abandoned the family when he...
Isaac
Isaac's mother died while delivering him, and his father died the following year in a car accident.
Anne
Anne’s mother is physically handicapped and unable to care for her.
Beatrice
Beatrice’s mother was mentally ill and living on the streets.
Moses
Moses and his twin sister were abandoned at a shopping center, found by strangers, and taken to a local district hospital.
Clinton
After the death of their parents, Clinton and his sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009.
Nicole
Nicole's mother abandoned her and her father remains unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.