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
Elikana
Elikana is a double orphan. She and her sister Mercy were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let alone...
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Isaiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Hannah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Cossam
Cossam arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 following the death of both of his parents.
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...
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Elizabeth
After Elizabeth’s mother died in July of 2005, her children came to live with their maternal aunt who worked as a mother’s assistant at the Rafiki...
Moses
Moses’s parents both died within a year of each other, leaving him orphaned as an infant.
Sarai
Sarai was taken in by her grandmother after the death of her father and mother.
Faith
Faith’s mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia.
Kofi
In 2006, both of Kofi’s parents died in a vehicular accident while they were transporting their farm produce to a nearby market.
James
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Janjay
Janjay’s mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died shortly after in a car accident.
Jennifer
Jennifer and her twin sisters lived with their aunt and her family after the death of their parents.
Julie
Following the death of their parents, Julie and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Patience
Patience was abandoned by her mother in 2005, and her father cared for her until he died in 2008.
Erick
Erick lived with his impoverished uncle who could not provide for his needs before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Eunice
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, Randy and Emmanuel, were abandoned by their mother as young children. Prince and his brothers arrived at the Rafiki...
Abel
After Abel's mother was killed in a car accident, an elderly neighbor brought Abel into her home.
Meklit
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia, Meklit's grandmother cared for her.
Mediatrice
Mediatrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.