My Name is
Winnie
Winnie
After her mother died, Winnie was sent to live with her uncle. He struggled to properly feed her. Due to malnutrition, Winnie was behind developmentally. Social welfare services recommended that she be placed at the Rafiki Village Malawi, and she arrived in 2007. Now, Winnie's favorite subjects are math, Bible, and science. She hopes to become a physician someday. Winnie came to know Jesus through the Rafiki Bible Study. She trusts Christ because He is her Savior who gave up His life for her.
DOB: Mar 10, 2001
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father disappeared after her mother's death.
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned when she was just one week old.
James
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
John’s mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
David
David was abandoned as a newborn at a local hospital and discovered by the night staff.
Rocklin
Rocklin arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Bernice
After the death of their parents, Bernice and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Gadissa
Gadissa, along with his sister Feyise, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Sensee
Sensee’s mother died three days after giving birth to her.
Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother, Kelvin, went to live with their grandparents.
Queen
Queen’s mother died in 2007 and her father, unable to care for her, abandoned her.
Aidah
Aida was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by the Katherine Hines Ministries, a local orphanage in Kampala.
Hope
Hope and her half sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Augustus
Augustus, his twin brother Augustine, and his older brother Gideon arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Gertrude
Gertrude (Trudy) was orphaned after her father and mother died within a year of each other.
Biruk
Biruk’s mother was very young when she gave birth to him.
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Juliet
Both of Juliet’s parents died when she was about two years old. She was then placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Daniel
Daniel’s mother and father died in 2006 when he was an infant. He and his sister Esther arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2009.
Bulus
Bulus and his brother, Mika, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Mary
Both of Mary’s parents were ill. Her father abandoned her mother, and her mother gave her up because she was too sick to care for her.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.