My Name is
Brighton
Brighton
Brighton came to the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 along with his older brother Petros after the death of their parents. Though he was a timid boy, he has a great personality. Brighton acknowledges that Jesus has given him life and that He is merciful, loving, and kind. He thanks God for giving him a place to stay in Rafiki, and for providing him with food and an education.
DOB: Jul 30, 2005
John
John’s mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Ben
Before arriving at the Rafiki village, Ben and his five siblings lived with their grandmother, along with her six children, in a one-room house.
Mary
Mary and her brother, Emmanuel, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002.
Yamikani
Yamikani lost her father in 2004, and her mother was also dying of an illness at this time.
Adam
Adam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Paul
Paul's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Isaac, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012.
Nehemiah
Both Nehemiah’s mother and father are deceased.
Abigail
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Naomie
Naomie arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Florence
Florence arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Christopher
Christopher lost both of his parents between 2002 and 2003.
Joshua
Joshua's parents were killed in 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and the families living there. Joshua, his twin brother Gideon, and...
Denise
When Denise was one month old, she was abandoned at the Kenyatta National hospital.
Julie
Following the death of their parents, Julie and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
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.
Paul
Paul had no one to care for him after the death of his father in 2006.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown.
Blessed
Blessed’s mother abandoned her four days after her birth at the Kakamega Provincial General Hospital.
Mabel
Mabel, her brother, and her sister moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010.
Prince
Prince and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
Seth
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sibongile
Sibongile’s mother was impoverished and unable to care for her or her sister Siphwe.
Mary
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.