My Name is
Dereck
Dereck
Dereck and his twin sister were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006. Dereck soon proved to be a kind young man with a great sense of humor. He loves to draw things in nature, and he enjoys playing soccer. Dereck likes reading about Paul in God’s Word and strives to be like him – trusting God through every trial and persecution. He sees God’s faithfulness in answering his prayers for good health. Dereck prays that he will be truthful, understand God’s Word, and be obedient to it.
DOB: Jan 28, 2006
Rebecca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Adonay
Adonay's mother tried to abandon him on the street in the Somali Region, but a man from the health station intervened and gave her some money to...
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.
Sumaya
Sumaya's father died when she was a young child, and her mother started living with another man who was unwilling to care for her.
Memory
Memory and her twin brother, Uchizi, had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown.
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Ruth
After the death of their parents, Ruth and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Julius
Julius’s mother abandoned him after his father died. He came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in March 2008.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father disappeared after her mother's death.
Donatha
Donatha arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Diana
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003 and John was placed in the care of his grandmother.
Rahab
Rahab’s mother was unable to care for her and her father remains unknown.
Timothy
Timothy was abandoned at a church as a small child.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Khumbo
Khumbo's mother died in 2007 when he was two years old, and his father’s whereabouts remain unknown.
Paul
Paul was found abandoned as a small child and taken to the local police station.
Yesunesh
Yesunesh was born in Mojo, Ethiopia. Her father died when she was only a few months old, and her mother abandoned her few months after that.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gabriel
After Gabriel's father died in 2006, his ailing mother contacted social welfare services to intervene in her son's life.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth’s father died in 2005, and her mother died soon after in 2007.
Sandra
Sandra and her two cousins arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.