My Name is
Bertha
Bertha
Bertha lost both of her parents to illness. She lived in extreme poverty and hardship with an elderly grandfather before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007. She quickly embraced her new life at Rafiki and has blossomed into a joyful, excited girl. She works very hard in class and demonstrates a growing love for and knowledge of the things of God. Bertha has given her life to Jesus and has made a commitment to trust Him, pray every day, and follow Him all the days of her life.
DOB: Aug 23, 2003
Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown.
Gideon
Gideon and his twin brothers arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Alice
Alice arrived at Rafiki Village Rwanda in November 2009.
Kelia
Kelia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Leticia
Leticia and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2012.
Samuel
Samuel’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Ethan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Luke
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joshua
Joshua’s mother died in 2002, and his father died two years later.
Benson
Benson Michael was found at the prison grounds by a woman who took him to the police station on August 28, 2005.
Queen
Queen’s mother died in 2007 and her father, unable to care for her, abandoned her.
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.
Hope
Hope arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Akosua
Akosua and her twin brother Kwasi arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Godiya
Godiya’s father died before she was born, and her mother died when she was a year old.
Dennis
Dennis arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Blessing
Blessing’s father died in a motor accident before she was born, and her mother died three weeks after her birth.
Baraka
Baraka’s mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father is unknown.
Rose
Rose was brought to a children's home in Moshi, Tanzania in 2008 by a pastor from a local church after she was abandoned by her mother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.