My Name is
James
James
James’s father died HIV+, and his mother also had HIV. She contacted social services so that James and his sister, Sandra, could have a future and a hope for their lives. Social services referred the brother and sister to the Rafiki Village Uganda, and they arrived in April 2017. James' favorite subjects are art, music, and science. He is intrigued that his brain controls his other body parts and that his heart is the home of the Holy Spirit. James thanks God for keeping him alive and for dying on the cross for his sins. He prays for perseverance in his studies and a strong relationship with Christ.
DOB: Jun 28, 2004
Tonny
Tonny’s mother abandoned him immediately after birth.
Mariah
After both Maria's parents died, she was left in the care of her impoverished grandmother who could not adequately care for her.
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Hannah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dennis
Dennis lived with his grandmother after his mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for him, and his father abandoned the family when he...
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning her infant.
Marie
Marie Jeanne arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Molly
Molly was abandoned when she was eight months old and brought to a local police station in 2003.
Diane
Diane arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Alice
Alice’s parents both died by 2005 and she was left in the care of her eighteen-year-old brother.
Seth
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 mother worked at Rafiki. Her last request before her death was her hope that Enoch could come to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Francine
Francine arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Salome
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mary
Mary was referred to the Rafiki Village Kenya by an orphanage about four hours away. She came to Rafiki in October 2004.
Daniel
Daniel and his sister, Miriam, were placed in the care of their with their grandfather when their parents died.
John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him with no one to care for him.
Ermias
Ermias' mother was mentally handicapped. She abandoned Ermias and his sister, Mehiret, and gave them to the care of their impoverished grandmother.
Mika
Mika and his brother, Bulus, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.