My Name is
Deborah

Deborah
Deborah and her sister and cousin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012. The girls soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. Due to the Rwandan government's initiative to reunite children with relatives, Deborah no longer lives in the Village and is a day student at the Rafiki School. Rafiki continues to fund her full school scholarship and daily meals. Deborah is a gentle girl who loves others well.
DOB: Apr 1, 2008
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Enoch
Enoch’s father died in 2008, and his mother died the following year.
Gadissa
Gadissa, along with his sister Feyise, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Dalitso
Dalitso and his twin sister moved four times as babies after their mother died.
Caroline
Caroline's parents died within one year of each other before she turned three years old.
Baraka
Baraka’s mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father is unknown.
Makatee
Makatee’s mother died in a car accident when she was eleven months old.
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.
Naomi
Naomi’s father died when she was a year old.
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Uwase
Uwase arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
Biruk
Biruk’s mother was very young when she gave birth to him.
Phoebe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Enid
Enid arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning her infant.
Akosua
Akosua is a confident and competent young lady. She loves math and is thankful for the way God made her.
Metsenanat
Metsenanat was abandoned by her parents and given to her grandmother.
Biruk
Biruk was eighteen months old when his mother died. He then moved in with his aunt.
Sarai
Sarai was taken in by her grandmother after the death of her father and mother.
Korah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dennis
Dennis lived with his grandmother after his mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for him, and his father abandoned the family when he...
Lemmy
Lemmy and his sister, Eva, were living with their grandmother, who did not have the means to feed them every day, before they came to Rafiki.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.