My Name is
Hope
Hope
Hope arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011. She soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. Hope now loves attending school and learning. She hopes to study well so she can help her extended family in the future. Hope has learned to trust in the Lord and his perfect timing. As she prays and waits on the Lord, her faith continues to grow. Hope is a boarding student at the Rafiki Village Rwanda.
DOB: Dec 21, 2005
Dorine
Dorine and her twin sister, Irene, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother after they were abandoned by their parents.
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
Samuel
Samuel was like many children when they first arrive at Rafiki. He arrived with no shoes, and he looked very malnourished.
Nicodemus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Yordanos
After their father died and their mother abandoned them, Yordanos and her younger brother lived with their grandmother. Their grandmother could not...
Mara
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gabriela
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Marie
Marie and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Pierre
Pierre and his brother first arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Beniyam
Beniyam was born in Mojo. His mother died when he was three years old, and his father abandoned him, giving him to his maternal grandparents.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned her when she was one month old.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Enoch
Enoch’s father died in 2008, and his mother died the following year.
Ruki
Ruki and her older sister were abandoned by their parents at a young age. The two girls were living on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Ethel
Both Ethel's parents died within two years of each other.
Chipo
Chipo’s parents died in a tragic bus accident. Chipo's mother was pregnant with her at the time of the bus accident, and she lived just long enough...
Timothy
Timothy was abandoned at a church as a small child.
Diana
Diana and her twin brother were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Isaac
Isaac’s Father died in 2006 from an illness, and his mother died giving birth to him.
Eden
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Peter
Peter's mother died of meningitis one month after his birth.
Derrick
Derrick was referred to Rafiki by a local children's ministry.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.