My Name is
Atsu
Atsu
Atsu arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009. Atsu loves to play soccer, and he dreams of playing professionally for Ghana. He knows Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior. From the Rafiki Bible Study, he has learned that Christians are to live lives that are pleasing to God by reading His Word and living according to it.
DOB: Oct 24, 2006
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both of his parents at birth and was being cared for by a state-run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three,...
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac.
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his grandmother who could not care for him as a small child.
Eliya
Eliya and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Brino
Brino and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
Kebah
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Silas
Silas arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Chloe
Chloe is a double orphan; both of her parents died when she was around three years old.
Meklit
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia, Meklit's grandmother cared for her.
Mapalo
Mapalo’s grandmother was caring for ten of her grandchildren as well as four of her own children.
Jummai
Both Jummai's parents died within two years of each other, and Jummai and her brother Ezekiel were left to be raised by her grandmother.
Bethel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ariet
Ariet and her little brother Frankson were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Yaw
Yaw and his two sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Phineas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Purity
After her parents died in 2004, Purity was placed in the care of her aunt and uncle.
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Zerubabel
After Zerubabel's father died and his mother abandoned him, he was placed in the care of a widow.
Obadiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Glen
Glen was found abandoned in 2005.
David
At eight months old, David was abandoned in a suburb of Kampala, Uganda.
Jennifer
Jennifer and her twin sisters lived with their aunt and her family after the death of their parents.
Zachariah
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.