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  • Rafiki Foundation  Kenya is a country in crisis! The new census lists the population at 38.6 million, up 10 million from 1999. Women have an average of 4.6 babies, growing the population by 1 million yearly. Four million kids do not attend free primary school; 7.8 million young adults are illiterate. It is to this situation that Rafiki has been called to raise up...
  • Rafiki Foundation  September Prayer Requests have been posted. To access the new prayer requests, simply click the >> symbol on the tool bar at the top of this page. It will open a drop-down box that lets you click on “Prayer Requests”. Thanks for joining us in these important petitions..."the prayer of a righteous person has great power in its working" (James...
  • Rafiki Foundation  Rhonda Avery Neal (see comments below) asked for more pictures...so here you go! Pictured are the other five new children at Rafiki Village Ethiopia. In order below are Nahum (age 5), Abraham (age 3), Biruk (age 5), and brother and sister Surafel (age 4) and Fortuna (age 2). These children all need sponsors -- for details, go to...
  • Rafiki Foundation  Inching toward 1,000! Rafiki’s prayer for 1,000 orphans by year’s end got a boost with six new children at Rafiki Village Ethiopia recently. Bethlehem (age 5) was “given” to a neighbor when her mother moved away to find work. The mother has now abandoned her, and the neighbor is moving and cannot care for her. It’s a sad situation – with a happy...
  • Rafiki Foundation  Rafiki Village Kenya children harvested their first crops from the new Rafiki garden last week. A gift of sukuma wiki and kale was given to the Presbyterian Church of East Africa-Mwiki on Aug. 22 as a ‘first fruits’ offering. The vegetables that normally sell for 65 cents per bunch sold for $2.50 a bundle – raising $35 for the church! This week’s...
  • Rafiki Foundation  Christmas Wish List…jewelry, purses, banana fiber plaques and hand-painted artwork are just a few of the items received recently through the Rafiki Widows Program. If you’re starting your Christmas shopping early, please check www.rafikifoundation.org or call The Exchange at 352-483-9961 for unique gift items.
  • Rafiki Foundation  Remember the Bob Newhart show where the guy said, “Hi, I’m Larry; this is my brother Darrell and my other brother Darrell”? Well on 8/4/10, Rafiki Village Ghana received nine new children—among them were Gideon and his brother Augustine and his other brother Augustine. That’s right! The twin boys are both named Augustine (see below)! They were...
  • Rafiki Foundation  Tomorrow, August 4, the citizens of Kenya will vote on a new constitution. Yeen-Lan Lam, director of Rafiki Village Kenya, is asking for prayer because of the potential for tribal dissent, violence or possible terrorist attack. In 2008, the presidential election resulted in a civil outbreak that claimed the lives of 1300 Kenyans. Please pray for a...
  • Rafiki Foundation  The Rafiki team is home from its East Africa tour. God has made it abundantly clear that we are doing a significant work for orphans/widows there. Highlights include: arrangement with partner churches in 5 countries to open preschools using Rafiki curriculum (preschool has been nonexistent there); establishing the Widows Program in 4 more...
  • Rafiki Foundation  Welcome Prayer Partners: “For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are open to their prayer” (1 Peter 3:12). Our FaceBook page now has a prayer request feature that can be accessed by clicking on the >> symbol on the option bar (top of the page). This will open a drop-down box that lets you click on “Prayer Requests” which will...
  • Rafiki Foundation  Slumber Party! On 7/25/2010, Rafiki Village Liberia welcomed five more children – four girls and a boy – to their new home. Rafiki Mother Evangeline gained an instant family as she tucked Maria, Sensee, Serena and Rena into their beds. Little Emanuel was warmly welcomed by his new family also. These five children – and 634 others like them – covet...
  • Rafiki Foundation  Rafiki is looking for a lot of FANS -- not the breezy kind, but the FaceBook kind. If you'd like your FaceBook friends to know more about Rafiki's work with orphans and widows in Africa, just click below on "Like" or "Share" to help them become Rafiki Facebook Fans. You might just be changing "Like" into "Love!"
  • Rafiki Foundation  Rafiki’s Home Office team is ten days into its East Africa trip; all reports are that things are going great! Villages visited thus far: Rwanda, Malawi, Zambia and Tanzania; up next: Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia. Good meetings with church and government officials have been reported, building contractors are being sought, and the Widows Program is...
  • Rafiki Foundation  The world population is now 6.8 billion people. The Rafiki Foundation (www.rafikifoundation.org) is looking for just 40 of them to become long-term missionaries at our ten Rafiki Training Villages in Africa. If you are a Christian, 18 years of age or older, have a desire to serve God in a rewarding ministry, AND WANT TO MAKE A LIFE-CHANGING...
  • Rafiki Foundation  Rafiki is praying for 1000 resident children by the end of 2010. God is answering that prayer by sending new children like Lilian who arrived at Rafiki Village Kenya on 7/10/2010. She is among the first orphans to live in the new Zion Cottage. If God is leading you to help sponsor Lilian, please go to www.rafikifoundation.org, then click on Get...
  • Rafiki Foundation  Dr. David F. Wells, distinguished research professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hampton, MA, has written an article for the July/August issue of Modern Reformation magazine, titled “The Bible and African Christianity.” It is a well-documented article that tracks a comparison between the Africa that Dr. David Livingston...
  • Rafiki Foundation  commissioned three new Rafiki Overseas Staff (ROS) on July 2, 2010 following a special week of training at the Home Office in Eustis, FL. Rafiki Founder and President Rosemary Jensen (far right) and Director of Home Operations Susy Harbick (far left) joined (l to r) Christie Vankuiken of Grand Rapids, MI, Cheryl Waltower of Round Rock, TX and...
  • Rafiki Foundation  Blessing is such a blessing! Four-year-old Blessing arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia on May 24, malnourished, underweight and under height. In just five weeks, she has blossomed into an active, healthy girl who loves to run, play dress-up with her new family, and sing hymns at church. On her first day of school, she kept stroking her hands down...
  • Rafiki Foundation  Rafiki's Enrichment Week (June 22-24) included 24 Rafiki Overseas Staff, 10 Rafiki Area Reps, 6 Survivors (ROS-in-training), 15 Home Office staff, and other guests. In all, more than 75 people participated (we served 500+ meals, all prepared on site --Whew!). Pastors Ligon Duncan of Jackson, MS, and Rick Phillips of Greenville, SC taught timely...
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Express your love for God by serving those in need by becoming a missionary worker in Africa. Rafiki MiniMissions provide opportunities to put “God’s Word to Work” through short-term service at a Rafiki Village.

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The Rafiki Exchange is a wonderful source of gifts.

The Rafiki Exchange is the retail outlet for items produced by the Widows Program—a program designed to give African widows and impoverished women of the church a means of employment and artistic expression through the making of handcrafts.

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