My Name is
Simon
Simon
When just an infant, Simon was found abandoned near a hospital in Kampala, Uganda. He weighed just 2.6 lbs. The medical social worker requested that he be placed in a babies' home for care and protection. He was then transferred to the Rafiki Village Uganda in April 2005. One of Simon's favorite subjects is math. He also loves taking care of the Village goats. Simon is interested in becoming a pilot and using that career to serve others. He desires to please God by caring for others, even in the smallest of ways, and he wants to grow in his faith in and love for God.
DOB: Mar 6, 2005
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Rachel
Both Rachel's parents died when she was two years old.
Samuel
Samuel was like many children when they first arrive at Rafiki. He arrived with no shoes, and he looked very malnourished.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Susanna
Susanna’s mother died within a month of giving birth to her. Her father abandoned her and was then reported to have died.
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Tabitha
Tabitha was left in the care of her elderly grandparents after her mother died.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Daniel
Daniel and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Amelia
Amelia and her sister, Jamesetta, and brother, Jimmy, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Grace
Grace's parents are both deceased. As an infant, she was in the care of an aunt who soon was unable to care for her properly.
Namukolo
Namukolo and his brother, Clifford, lived with his parents in a small rural village before their mother died in 2010. The father abandoned them and...
Rocklin
Rocklin arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Abel
Abel was found abandoned as a baby.
Faith
Faith’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and her father died soon after in an accident.
Mirriam
Mirriam’s father died in 2003, and her mother died two years later.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister Phiona arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2005.
Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother, Kelvin, went to live with their grandparents.
John
John has charm and charisma; he is a happy boy and has a quick smile in spite of his difficult start in life.
Sandra
Sandra and her twin brother, Isaac, moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2011.
Sandra
Sandra lived in her uncle's care after her parent's death.
Adam
Adam’s mother died giving birth to him, and his father died from complications of malaria.
Luke
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.