My Name is
Aquila
Aquila
Aquila and his sister Priscilla literally lost their father in Jan 2000, when he went missing after riots broke out near their village. Considered orphans when their mother died in 2001, they lived with their uncle, Pastor Samson Nwan. Aquila came to the Rafiki Village Nigeria in January, 2004. After finishing all of his primary and secondary schooling in Rafiki, he is now pursuing a degree in social studies education at the University of Jos.
Elijah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Saul
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ellen
Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November of 2010.
Memory
Memory’s mother died four days after her birth.
Fortuna
Fortuna and her brother Surafel were left in their uncle's care when their mother and father died.
Lulu
Lulu was abandoned at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center when she was born.
Joseph
Joseph's mother was disabled, and they were internally displaced as a result of the 2007-post-presidential elections violence.
Eric
Eric and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Martin
Martin was abandoned in May 2002 when he was two years old. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2004.
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness.
Samson
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Josiah
Josiah's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002.
Nahom
When Nahom was just three years old, his mother died of a sudden illness, and after the mourning period, his father abandoned him.
Dinah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Prince
Prince and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Selah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Kyle
Kyle was abandoned by his father shortly after he was born.
Hana
Hana’s mother died in 2008, and her father remains unknown.
Hillary
Hillary was found abandoned in the Moshi area when he was just four months old.
Nicodemus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Paul
Paul had no one to care for him after the death of his father in 2006.
Francis
Francis and his sister, Pamela, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.