My Name is
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2011. He soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. Emmanuel is loved and often surrounded by other children. Due to developments in Rwanda, Emmanuel child is living off-site from the Village. We are, however, still supporting them through a full scholarship and two meals daily. Emmanuel is a day student at the Rafiki School in Rwanda.
DOB: Oct 1, 2009
James
James’s father died HIV+, and his mother also had HIV.
Denis
After the death of their father, Denis and his brother, Charles, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small room, one-room house.
Miriam
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mediatrice
Mediatrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Rocklin
Rocklin arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
Zerubabel
After Zerubabel's father died and his mother abandoned him, he was placed in the care of a widow.
Hana
Hana’s mother died in 2008, and her father remains unknown.
Gideon
Gideon's parents were killed in 2010 when mudslides buried their village and the families living there.
Christine
Christine was found abandoned as a baby and was admitted into a babies’ home in 2004.
Tonny
Tonny’s mother abandoned him immediately after birth.
Innocent
Innocent was abandoned as a young child and was then referred to a babies' home.
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him after the death of his parents.
Mary
Mary and her sister Rachael arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Afia
Afia arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Stella
Stella was abandoned by her mother at Kakamega Provincial General Hospital.
Simon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rebecca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Akosua
Akosua and her twin brother Kwasi arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Caroline
Caroline's parents died within one year of each other before she turned three years old.
Uchizi
Uchizi and his twin sister had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown
Neema
After the death of her mother and father, Neema lived with her elderly grandmother and adult sister.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.