My Name is
David
David
David’s mother died in 2007, and his father died in 2008 after a short illness. David lived in the care of his uncle for a time, but his uncle struggled to provide for his needs. Social welfare contacted the Rafiki Foundation about David’s care, and he arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010. He adjusted well to his new home and quickly began to thrive. David loves to laugh and often narrates imaginative stories to his friends and teachers in the Village. He also loves to cook and hopes to learn the art of basket weaving. He strives to care for his friends and seeks opportunities to serve them. David prays that he will grow in his love for God and the Word and that he will be respectful toward authority.
DOB: May 12, 2005
Caroline
Caroline's parents died within one year of each other before she turned three years old.
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned when she was just one week old.
Mary
Mary lived with her maternal grandmother after her mother's death. Her mother died in 2003 when Mary just over one year old.
Prince
Prince and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
John
John arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 after both of his parents died.
Dinah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother, Kelvin, went to live with their grandparents.
Violet
Violet's mother died in childbirth, and her father died just a year later.
Mediatrice
Mediatrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
George
George was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage.
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac.
Tabitha
Both of Tabitha’s parents died before she was four years old, leaving her and her four older brothers and sisters as orphans.
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his grandmother who could not care for him as a small child.
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown.
Mary
Mary and her brother, Emmanuel, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002.
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.
Stella
Stella was abandoned by her mother at Kakamega Provincial General Hospital.
Andrew
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2008, Andrew was a double orphan living with his impoverished aunt who only survived off the...
Jehoshaphat
Both of Jehosephat’s parents died of a fatal illness when he was a young child.
Jordan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Janvier
Janvier arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Samuel
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.