My Name is
Claude

Claude
Claude arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009. He soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving environment at the Village. Claude is a thinker, but he also knows how to laugh and have fun. He enjoys learning about science, and he especially enjoys performing experiments. Claude has learned about living a holy life, loving others, and imitating Jesus through studying God's Word in the Rafiki Bible Study. Claude is a day student at the Rafiki School in Rwanda.
DOB: Nov 6, 2006
Timothy
Timothy was abandoned at a church as a small child.
Neema
After the death of her mother and father, Neema lived with her elderly grandmother and adult sister.
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died when he was nine months old, and his father is unknown.
Bertha
Bertha lost both of her parents to an illness.
Sean
Sean’s mother abandoned him after his father was put in prison.
Samson
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Hana
Hana’s mother died in 2008, and her 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.
Uwase
Uwase arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Mapalo
Mapalo’s grandmother was caring for ten of her grandchildren as well as four of her own children.
Tabitha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dinah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Michael
Michael’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and his father died after an accident.
William
William was brought to a hospital with head injuries in August 2003.
Boniface
After the death of their parents, Boniface and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki
Abraham
Abraham's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Wesen, eighteen months later.
Jane
Jane and her sister and cousin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Rebecca
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.
Tapiwa
When Tapiwa and her three sisters lost their parents in 2010, they were placed in the care of their widowed grandmother.
Memory
Memory and her twin brother, Uchizi, had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Kwaku
Kwaku and his sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009. He enjoys reading and drawing because they expand his knowledge.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.