My Name is
David

David
David’s mother died in 2007, and his father died in 2008. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010. Now, David loves to laugh and is always using his imagination to tell entertaining stories to his friends and teachers in the Village. The Rafiki Bible Study has taught David how important it is to love his Rafiki brothers and sisters.
DOB: May 12, 2005
Obadiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jack
After Jack’s mother died in 2006, he began living with his grandparents. His grandmother died soon after that.
Nakato
Nakato and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare. They were very...
Lillian
Lillian lost both her parents to AIDS when she was a young child.
Mary
Mary was referred to the Rafiki Village Kenya by an orphanage about four hours away. She came to Rafiki in October 2004.
Claudia
After Claudia's parents died, she was placed in the care of her elderly grandmother.
Ethan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old.
Jeremiah
Before Jeremiah arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011, he lived at a children's home in Moshi for four years with no known family.
Korah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Benon
Benon was born to a fifteen-year-old mother who died in child birth. His grandfather was old and unable to care for him. He was brought to an...
Moses
Moses arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rich
Rich’s mother died in 2011, and his father abandoned him.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Mary
Mary and her sister Rachael arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Innocent
Both of Innocent's parents are deceased. Soon after his mother's death, Innocent was diagnosed with tuberculosis and began treatment.
Ethan
Ethan’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father died in 2002.
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003, and her mother then died in 2009.
Champ
Champ's mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Mathias
Mathias’s mother died a year after his father died.
Francesca
Francesca's mentally ill mother would leave her, her brother Martey, and her sister Selom unattended for days at a time.
Gracious
Gracious’s mother died of stomach cancer shortly after giving birth to her.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.