My Name is
Racheal
Racheal
Racheal's birth mother has never been located. Her father took another wife, abandoned Racheal, and never returned. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda on June 8, 2005. She now enjoys a fulfilling life at the Village. Racheal enjoys studying math and science in school. In her free time, she likes to listen to music. Racheal is interested in pursuing a career in interior design someday because she feels God has blessed her with artistic skill. She recognizes that God has given her many gifts and that she must exercise them for His glory. She desires to study God's Word more.
DOB: Apr 11, 2004
Eva
Eva and her brother Lemmy were living with their grandmother, who attempted to feed the children on a daily basis but often was not able to.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Centia
Centia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Francisca
Francisca’s mother died after a short illness when Francisca was one year old. Her father died six months later.
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
John
John’s father died a few years before his mother passed away in 2007.
Faustin
Faustin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Violet
Violet's mother died in childbirth, and her father died just a year later.
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister Phiona arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2005.
Bethel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Babirye
Babirye and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Martha
After the death of her parents, Martha and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac.
Sarah
Sarah was born prematurely in a private clinic in March 2005. Her mother disappeared soon after she took Sarah to the hospital, and her father...
Phineas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Yesunesh
Yesunesh was born in Mojo, Ethiopia. Her father died when she was only a few months old, and her mother abandoned her few months after that.
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
Eltonia
Eltonia and her younger brother, Kwaku, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.