My Name is
Joseph
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both of his parents at birth and was being cared for by a state-run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three, he was screened and approved to join the Rafiki Village Nigeria. He arrived at the Village in 2003. Joseph admires the Lord's trustworthiness, and it produces in him a desire to be trustworthy.
DOB: Sep 1, 2000
Sindani
Sindani and her two older sisters were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their parents.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Baraka
Baraka’s mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father is unknown.
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Francisca
Francisca’s mother died after a short illness when Francisca was one year old. Her father died six months later.
Kwame
Kwame was brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in March 2011.
Racheal
Racheal's birth mother has never been located. Her father took another wife, abandoned Racheal, and never returned. She arrived at the Rafiki...
Nancy
Nancy’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandparents shortly after her birth.
Wesen
Wesen's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Abraham, eighteen months later.
Paul
Paul had no one to care for him after the death of his father in 2006.
Grace
Grace lived with her grandmother after the death of her mother and father in 2006.
Israel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gad
Gad arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Issac
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rebekah
Both of Rebekah’s parents died in 2004 from unknown causes.
Micah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Furahini
Furahini and her sister, Scolastika, lived with their grandmother after their mother disappeared.
Atsu
Atsu arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Chawanangwa
Both Chawanangwa’s parents are deceased.
Enid
Enid arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Martha
After the death of her parents, Martha and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Joanna
Joanna is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Janet, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Simon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.