My Name is
Ethel
Ethel
Both Ethel's parents died within two years of each other. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2006, just in time to celebrate Christmas with her new family. Ethel soon proved to be a hard-working student. She has come to know Jesus personally through the Scriptures. Specifically, she clings to Romans 8:28 as a strong, encouraging promise.
DOB: Mar 9, 2001
Faith
Faith’s mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia.
Silas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Caleb
Caleb’s mother was placed in prison when he was young child, and his father is unknown.
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Micah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Fortuna
Fortuna and her brother Surafel were left in their uncle's care when their mother and father died.
Ethan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gloria
Gloria and her twin sister Olivia were abandoned and given to a paternal uncle when their father died.
Juliet
Juliet Faith was found abandoned in a remote area outside of Nairobi, Kenya.
Diana
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Leul
After Leul's father died and his mother abandoned him, he was placed in the care of a widow.
Gabriela
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Moris
Moris was put in the care of an uncle after his mother died, and his father remains unknown.
Donatha
Donatha arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Lusia
After Lusia's mother died, she lived with her aunt.
Titus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Israel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gideon
Gideon's parents were killed in 2010 when mudslides buried their village and the families living there.
Nikolas
After both Nikolas's parents died when he was a young child, his ailing grandmother referred him to the Rafiki Foundation. He arrived at the Rafiki...
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003, and her mother then died in 2009.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.