My Name is
Zawady
Zawady
Zawady is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2006. He and his sister, Loveness, lived with their aunt for a time. Though she tried, she could not provide for the children's basic needs. Social services recommended that Zawady and his sister be placed at the Rafiki Village Zambia. They arrived in 2008. Zawady is an excellent student. His favorite subjects are literature, science, math, and Bible. He loves to run and play soccer and baseball with his friends. He also loves the story of Joshua and his courage in the Lord from the Bible. He holds a leadership position in school, and it teaches him valuable skills he can use in the future.
DOB: Jan 19, 2003
Naomi
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Lucia
Lucia’s mother died shortly after she gave birth to her and there were no records of her father or other relatives.
Prince
Prince and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
Mara
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joseph
Very little is known about Joseph's early years, except that his mother died and his father abandoned him.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Alexander
After his parents died, Alexander was placed in the care of a man in his village.
Enoch
Enoch’s mother worked at Rafiki. Her last request before her death was her hope that Enoch could come to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Doreen
Doreen’s mother abandoned her in 2011, and her father is unknown.
Silas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sarah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Godwin
Godwin lived with his unemployed aunt and uncle before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
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.
Ebenezer
Ebenezer and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Chloe
Chloe is a double orphan; both of her parents died when she was around three years old.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandparents shortly after her birth.
Gadissa
Gadissa, along with his sister Feyise, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Neema
Neema's mother died while giving birth to her, and her father abandoned her.
Michael
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father is unknown.
Christabel
After both of Christabel’s parents died of illness, she and her brother Jehosephat arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008.
Agrippa
Agrippa’s mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died before her.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.