My Name is
Mary
Mary
Mary was referred to the Rafiki Village Kenya by an orphanage about four hours away. She came to Rafiki in October 2004. Mary likes her studies, and she excels in math, chemistry, and English. Mary also participates in extra-curricular activities, such as playing table tennis. It has taught her how to develop good tactics to win and good sportsmanship. She is cooperative, always anxious to please, and eager to improve herself. She strives to serve the Lord in everything she does.
DOB: Jan 26, 2002
Glen
Glen was found abandoned in 2005.
Cilicia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Bethlehem
Bethlehem's (Betty's) mother abandoned her to go find work and left her with a neighbor.
Jamesetta
Jamesetta, her sister, Amelia, and her brother, Jimmy, arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012.
Ndidi
Ndidi lost her father in 2005 and her mother in 2008.
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003, and her mother then died in 2009.
Rachel
Rachel was orphaned when she was just three months old and was then taken in by her grandparents.
Rose
Rose was brought to a children's home in Moshi, Tanzania in 2008 by a pastor from a local church after she was abandoned by her mother.
Anna
Anna arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006, a year after both her parents died.
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother, Kelvin, went to live with their grandparents.
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned by both her parents at birth and brought to the state-run orphanage in Jos, Nigeria.
Gabriel
After Gabriel's father died in 2006, his ailing mother contacted social welfare services to intervene in her son's life.
Joshua
Joshua was abandoned by his sixteen-year-old mother.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old, and his father is unknown.
Gracious
Gracious’s mother died of stomach cancer shortly after giving birth to her.
Chawanangwa
Both Chawanangwa’s parents are deceased.
Wesen
Wesen's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Abraham, eighteen months later.
Phoebe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Christopher
Christopher lost both of his parents between 2002 and 2003.
Frank
Frank's mother is deceased, and his father is in prison. After his father was imprisoned, Frank was left in the care of an elderly widowed neighbor.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2011.
Martin
Martin was abandoned in May 2002 when he was two years old. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2004.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.