My Name is
Winnie
Winnie
After her mother died, Winnie was sent to live with her uncle. He struggled to properly feed her. Due to malnutrition, Winnie was behind developmentally. Social welfare services recommended that she be placed at the Rafiki Village Malawi, and she arrived in 2007. Now, Winnie's favorite subjects are math, Bible, and science. She hopes to become a physician someday. Winnie came to know Jesus through the Rafiki Bible Study. She trusts Christ because He is her Savior who gave up His life for her.
DOB: Mar 10, 2001
Mphatso
Mphatso's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father remains unknown.
Watson
Watson arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 with his older brother Benjamin.
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Boaz
Boaz's mother lacked the mental and physical faculties to adequately care for him. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2008.
Judith
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Peter
Both Peter's mother and father died when he was an infant.
Moses
Social Services recommended that Moses be removed from his home because his parents could not take care of him properly.
Rebecca
Rebecca’s mother died and her father was killed when she was a young child.
Eltonia
Eltonia and her younger brother, Kwaku, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Charles
After the death of their father, Charles and his brother, Denis, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small, one-room house.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was unable to care for him and abandoned him.
James
James was orphaned after his mother was involved in a fatal road accident in April 2005.
Rahab
Rahab’s mother was unable to care for her and her father remains unknown.
Precious
Precious's mother died in 2009, and her father then abandoned her.
Jummai
Both Jummai's parents died within two years of each other, and Jummai and her brother Ezekiel were left to be raised by her grandmother.
Jack
After Jack’s mother died in 2006, he began living with his grandparents.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rhoda
Rhoda's mother died when she was a small child, and her father abandoned her.
Keza
Keza arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Meklit
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia, Meklit's grandmother cared for her.
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents.
Eden
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.