My Name is
Diane

Diane
Diane arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009. She soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. She has learned to pray and wait patiently for God's answer. She knows that God's ways are not her ways, and He has a good plan for her. She is a boarding student at the Rafiki Village Rwanda.
DOB: Aug 21, 2005
Sarah
Sarah was born prematurely in a private clinic in March 2005. Her mother disappeared soon after she took Sarah to the hospital, and her father...
Denis
After the death of their father, Denis and his brother, Charles, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small room, one-room house.
Boniface
After the death of their parents, Boniface and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki
Nikolas
After both Nikolas's parents died when he was a young child, his ailing grandmother referred him to the Rafiki Foundation. He arrived at the Rafiki...
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003 and John was placed in the care of his grandmother.
Aynalem
Aynalem was three years old when her mother died. Her father remains unknown.
Leul
After Leul's father died and his mother abandoned him, he was placed in the care of a widow.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2011.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Divine
Divine arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Peter
Both Peter's mother and father died when he was an infant.
Memory
Memory and her twin brother, Uchizi, had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown.
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Benjamin
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Bernice
After the death of their parents, Bernice and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever.
Kelvin
After the death of their parents, Kelvin and his sister lived with their grandparents for a time.
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nicodemus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gelane
Gelane’s parents died two years apart from one another.
Emily
Before Emily arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, she was in the care of an aunt and uncle who did not have the means to properly feed her.
Peace
Peace and her sister, Gift, were orphaned in 2010 when their father died of AIDs.
Gift
Gift and her sister, Peace, were orphaned in 2010 when their father died of AIDs. Their mother abandoned the family in 2008 and is believed to be...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.