My Name is
Reuben
Reuben
Reuben’s mother died in 2007, and his father is unknown. After his mother's death, he was placed in the care of his elderly, impoverished grandparents. Though they tried, they could not provide for his basic needs. Reuben arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2009. Reuben is an overall excellent student. When he finishes school, he wants to become a civil engineer. He says God is carving a place in his mind to love learning. Reuben is thankful to serve a God who is faithful and never leaves him.
DOB: Apr 20, 2006
Samuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Anjela
After being abandoned by her mother, Anjela lived with her elderly grandfather in a small mud hut.
Memory
Memory and her twin brother, Uchizi, had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown.
Lazarus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Titus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Baraka
Baraka’s mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father is unknown.
Rebecca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Leah
Leah has been an orphan since 2003.
Violet
Violet's mother died in childbirth, and her father died just a year later.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Sandra
Sandra and her twin brother, Isaac, moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2011.
Brighton
Brighton came to the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 along with his older brother Petros after the death of their parents.
Fiskani
Fiskani’s mother is deceased and his father abandoned him.
Tabitha
Tabitha was abandoned as a child, and none of her family members were able to care for her.
Sam
Sam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Leonard
Leonard is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Boniface, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Dereck
Dereck and his twin sister were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003 and John was placed in the care of his grandmother.
Enid
Enid arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Nasha
Nasha, her sister, and cousin were in their grandmother's care after her father's death.
Peter
Both Peter's mother and father died when he was an infant.
Mary
Mary and her sister Rachael arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.