My Name is
Miriam
Miriam
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or subsidies. They receive an excellent classical Christian education, daily Bible study, two nutritious meals per day, and basic school supplies. For a child in Africa, attending school means more than ABCs or 123s; it means a hope for a future – spiritually and materially. Your support makes that hope possible for these day students, their families, and their communities. We have given each day student an alias for the privacy and protection of the child and his/her family. If you sponsor a day student, you will receive some additional information about the child and will communicate with the child using the assigned alias.
DOB: Jan 31, 2017
Valiness
From a young age, Valiness lived with her impoverished grandmother who could not provide for her needs.
Nikolas
After both Nikolas's parents died when he was a young child, his ailing grandmother referred him to the Rafiki Foundation. He arrived at the Rafiki...
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
James
After the death of his parents, James's grandmother took care of him and his brother, Frank.
Cossam
Cossam arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 following the death of both of his parents.
Peter
Both Peter's parents abandoned him when he was a young child.
Esther
Esther and her sister, Celestina, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Eltonia
Eltonia and her younger brother, Kwaku, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Timothy
Timothy was abandoned at a church as a small child.
Leul
After Leul's father died and his mother abandoned him, he was placed in the care of a widow.
Bethuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Thomas
Both Thomas's parents died from unknown causes when he was a young child, and the people in his village were unable to provide sufficient care for...
Leah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mara
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Florence
Florence arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Diana
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
John’s mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents.
Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead.
Michelle
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Grace
Grace was orphaned when she was only three months old.
Etsub
Etsub and her brother, Robel, lived with their mother before she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.