My Name is
Rebecca
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003, and her mother then died in 2009. Rebecca arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania a year later and benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving environment at the Village. She soon proved to be an excellent student who is diligent in her school work. Rebecca's goal is to become an engineer in the future. She is respectful and kind at home and at school. Rebecca knows Jesus as her Savior and is thankful that, because of His grace, she can look forward to eternal life. She says that when she feels lonely, afraid, or sad, she pours out her heart to the Lord in prayer and He comforts her. Rebecca seeks to please God in all that she does.
DOB: Jul 5, 2004
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Selah
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 father died a few years before his mother passed away in 2007.
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him after the death of his parents.
Kyle
Kyle was abandoned by his father shortly after he was born.
Beniyam
Beniyam was born in Mojo. His mother died when he was three years old, and his father abandoned him, giving him to his maternal grandparents.
Samson
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Andrew
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2008, Andrew was a double orphan living with his impoverished aunt who only survived off the...
Dennis
Dennis arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Bernice
After the death of their parents, Bernice and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
John
John has charm and charisma; he is a happy boy and has a quick smile in spite of his difficult start in life.
Pererat
Pererat’s mother died soon after he was born, and his father disappeared after the Jos riots in 2008.
Abel
Abel was found abandoned as a baby.
Tizeta
Tizeta was abandoned by her mother, and her father is unknown.
Leonard
Leonard is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Boniface, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Fabrice
Fabrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Jack
Jack is a double orphan who was living with his impoverished grandmother.
Joanna
Joanna is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Janet, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
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...
Henry
Henry's mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died soon after his mother.
Ben
Ben’s mother died in November 2006, and his father sometime before that.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.