My Name is
Chipo
Chipo
Chipo’s parents died in a tragic bus accident. Chipo's mother was pregnant with her at the time of the bus accident, and she lived just long enough to deliver Chipo. The mother’s single sister then cared for Chipo and her brother John. She was not employed and was thrilled that John and Chipo could have a permanent home at the Rafiki Village Zambia. They arrived in September 2014. Chipo believes Jesus is the Son of God and that He died for her on the cross. She knows God gave us His words in the Bible and they tell her that Jesus loves her. She thanks God in her prayers for making her and for bringing her to Rafiki, and she tells Him that He means everything to her. God has answered her prayers by giving her life, health, school, and everything she needs.
DOB: May 14, 2011
Isaac
Isaac's mother died while delivering him, and his father died the following year in a car accident.
Dalitso
Dalitso and his twin sister moved four times as babies after their mother died.
Epa
Epa arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Linda
Linda's parents died in 2004. She was living with relatives for a time, but they found they could not provide for her and her brother, Caleb.
Abel
Abel's mother died when he was one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Augustine
Augustine, his twin brother Augustus, and older brother Gideon, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Nehemiah
Both Nehemiah’s mother and father are deceased.
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Daniel
Daniel’s mother and father died in 2006 when he was an infant. He and his sister Esther arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2009.
Joshua
Joshua was abandoned by his sixteen-year-old mother.
Ndidi
Ndidi lost her father in 2005 and her mother in 2008.
Neema
Neema's mother died while giving birth to her, and her father abandoned her.
John
John arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 after both of his parents died.
Alinafe
Alinafe is a double orphan who was in the care of her elderly grandparents.
Luke
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
John has charm and charisma; he is a happy boy and has a quick smile in spite of his difficult start in life.
Nicodemus
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Serena
Serena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Serena and her twin sister, Rena.
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Violet
Violet's mother died in childbirth, and her father died just a year later.
Marie
Marie Jeanne arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Eden
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Cristopher
Both of Christopher's parents died in 2004.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.