My Name is
Ben
Ben
Ben’s mother died in November 2006, and his father sometime before that. He lived with his grandparents for a short period of time, but they could not care for him. In 2007, social services recommended 3-year-old Ben be placed at the Rafiki Village Zambia, and he arrived at the Village that year. Ben is a good student, and his favorite subject is English. He also enjoys reading in his free time, and he was encouraged after reading Johnathan Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" to press on in his faith. Ben believes Jesus is his Savior. He knows God has given him a new heart, saved him, and made him His child. Ben is learning to find answers in God's Word for life's questions.
DOB: Jul 30, 2004
Eyob
After his father's death, Eyob's mother abandoned him.
Esau
Esau's mother died while delivering his younger brother, Isaac, and his father died the next year in a car accident.
Felix
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jessica
Jessica was found abandoned as an infant at a community school on September 14, 2009 and was taken to the police station.
Jamesetta
Jamesetta, her sister, Amelia, and her brother, Jimmy, arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012.
Grace
Grace and her brother, Martin, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died when he was nine months old, and his father is unknown.
Hope
Hope’s father died HIV positive, and his mother was also living HIV positive and was very sick. She wanted Hope placed in a good home before she died.
Peter
Peter's mother died of meningitis one month after his birth.
Korah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Josephine
Josephine’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Theresa
Lazarus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Lillian
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jane
Jane and her sister and cousin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Leticia
Leticia and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2012.
Monicah
Monicah's mother is believed to be dead, and her father is unknown.
Olivia
Olivia and her twin sister, Gloria, were placed in the care of their uncle after their father died.
Aidah
Aida was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by the Katherine Hines Ministries, a local orphanage in Kampala.
Mary
Mary was placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
Mercy
After both Mercy's parents died, she was placed in the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Now, Mercy has graduated from the Rafiki School.
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Morris
Morris’ was brought to an orphanage in Kitui in April, 2003 after both his parents died.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.