My Name is
Gifty
Gifty
Gifty arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in June of 2009. Gifty is a kind, respectful, helpful, and intelligent young woman. She works hard and succeeds in all of her classes. She especially enjoys studying science and French. Once she finishes her schooling, Gifty hopes to become a nurse so that she can share the gospel while caring for people’s physical health. Gifty has learned to persevere as she faces new circumstances. As she continues to grow and her life continues to change, she sees God using these times to strengthen her faith. Gifty prays that she will always trust in God’s plan for her life and that she will gain a greater understanding of God’s Word.
DOB: Aug 21, 2003
Esther
Esther and her sister, Celestina, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Gideon
Gideon's parents were killed in 2010 when mudslides buried their village and the families living there.
Janjay
Janjay’s mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died shortly after in a car accident.
Serge
Serge (Bebito) arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Bethel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Cilicia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Abraham
Abraham's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Wesen, eighteen months later.
Martha
Martha's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Jordan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Samson
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him with no one to care for him.
Erica
Erica and her sister, Priscilla, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
Dumisani
After the death of his parents, Dumisani arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Leonard
Leonard is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Boniface, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Beatrice
Beatrice’s parents died of a terminal illness shortly after she was born, and she was put in the care of her grandmother.
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Chloe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Tabitha
Tabitha was left in the care of her elderly grandparents after her mother died.
Sarah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nancy
Nancy was placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
Chawanangwa
Both Chawanangwa’s parents are deceased.
Francine
Francine arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.