My Name is
John
John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him as a double orphan. His uncle struggled to care for him with four children of his own and no work. He eventually sought help for John. John was malnourished when he came to Rafiki in 2004. He soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving environment at the Village. John is now a very good student who enjoys school. He desires to study law, journalism, political science, philosophy, or music at a university. He sees education as a journey and not a destination. John strives to look more like Jesus every day, and he continues to pray to become a man after God's own heart.
DOB: Jul 29, 1999
Grace
Grace and her brother, Martin, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Rebecca
Rebecca’s mother died and her father was killed when she was a young child.
Munyithya
Munyithya's father died four months after he was born, and his mother followed eighteen months later before his second birthday.
Rachel
Both Rachel's parents died when she was two years old.
Caroline
Caroline's parents died within one year of each other before she turned three years old.
Austin
Both of Austin’s parents died when he was a young child.
Benson
Benson Michael was found at the prison grounds by a woman who took him to the police station on August 28, 2005.
Jacob
Jacob first arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006 after the death of his parents.
Sindani
Sindani and her two older sisters were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their parents.
Beauregard
Beauregard’s mother died soon after giving birth to him in November, 2006.
Bartholomew
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ruth
After the death of their parents, Ruth and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Sumaya
Sumaya's father died when she was a young child, and her mother started living with another man who was unwilling to care for her.
Belis
Belis' mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Micheal
When he was two months old, Michael was abandoned at a shop in Kampala, Uganda. Michael then came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in February of 2005.
Gabriel
Gabriel's father abandoned the family and his mother did not recover from the C-section she had when he was born. Since that time he lived with...
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
Nicole
Nicole's mother abandoned her and her father remains unknown.
Lazarus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Paul
Paul's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Isaac, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012.
Juliet
Both of Juliet’s parents died when she was about two years old. She was then placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Irene
After being abandoned by their parents, Irene and her twin sister, Dorine, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother.
Aquila
Aquila and his sister Priscilla literally lost their father in Jan 2000, when he went missing after riots broke out near their village. Considered...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.