My Name is
Nikolas
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 Village Nigeria in 2009. He says he thinks education is about more than just pursuing a career; it shows in how we relate to people and in how we support our local community. Nikolas loves the fact that Scripture continually shows him that Christians no longer live under the law but under grace. He desires to be a young man who looks like Jesus in the way he treats others.
DOB: Mar 27, 2003
Stanley
Both of Stanley's parents contracted a fatal illness and died when he was a young child.
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.
Patience
Patience was abandoned by her mother in 2005, and her father cared for her until he died in 2008.
Molly
Molly was abandoned when she was eight months old and brought to a local police station in 2003.
Ruki
Ruki and her older sister were abandoned by their parents at a young age. The two girls were living on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Judith
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Inocent
Inocent was malnourished and small for his age when he arrived at Rafiki Village Tanzania in May 2012. His grandmother cared for him after he was...
Kyle
Kyle was abandoned by his father shortly after he was born.
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Etsub
Etsub and her brother, Robel, lived with their mother before she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Rabson
Rabson and his brother, Vincent, lived with their grandmother after their parents died in 2011.
Alice
Alice arrived at Rafiki Village Rwanda in November 2009.
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Candace
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Michelle
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Celestina
Celestina and her sister, Esther, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Anna
Anna was left on a porch in Monrovia, Liberia when she was eighteen months old.
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Rebecca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him with no one to care for him.
Innocent
Both of Innocent's parents are deceased. Soon after his mother's death, Innocent was diagnosed with tuberculosis and began treatment.
Rebekah
Both of Rebekah’s parents died in 2004 from unknown causes.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.