My Name is
Clarisse

Clarisse
Clarisse arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012. She soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. Clarisse is now a friendly and outgoing young woman. Due to developments in Rwanda, she is currently living off-site from the Village. We are, however, still supporting her through a full scholarship and two meals daily. Clarisse attends church regularly and reads her Bible. She has learned from studying the Bible at Rafiki that she should live a life pleasing to God, and she strives to do just that! Clarisse is a day student at the Rafiki School in Rwanda.
DOB: Jul 30, 2008
Ruth
Ruth’s mother abandoned her and placed her in the care of her elderly grandmother.
Leonard
After the death of their parents, Leonard and his twin brother, Boniface, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
David
David's mother died in 2003 while giving birth, and his father's whereabouts remain unknown.
Jack
After Jack’s mother died in 2006, he began living with his grandparents.
Paul
Both of Paul's parents died when he was four years old, and he was then placed in the care of his impoverished grandmother.
Rose
Rose was brought to a children's home in Moshi, Tanzania in 2008 by a pastor from a local church after she was abandoned by her mother.
Fabrice
Fabrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Rebecca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jennifer
Jennifer's parents passed away in 2004. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in March 2007.
Alice
Alice’s parents both died by 2005 and she was left in the care of her eighteen-year-old brother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Elijah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
David
At eight months old, David was abandoned in a suburb of Kampala, Uganda.
Clinton
After the death of their parents, Clinton and his sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009.
Candace
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Francis
Francis enjoys spending time with the short-term missionaries who visit the Village and helping his friends with homework.
Benson
Benson Michael was found at the prison grounds by a woman who took him to the police station on August 28, 2005.
Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother, Kelvin, went to live with their grandparents.
Chloe
When she was a child, the police found Chloe alone in a house.
Sara
Sara's mother abandoned her when she was an infant, and her father remains unknown.
Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead.
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother, Malesse, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.