My Name is
Donatha

Donatha
Donatha arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008. She soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. Donatha is now a terrific speller, and she has competed at the national level. She has learned to trust God in everything and knows that His plans are always for her good. As she waits upon the Lord, her faith and patience are strengthened. Donatha is a graduate of the Rafiki School and now studies law at university. She prays that one day she can serve by legally representing, defending, and protecting vulnerable children.
DOB: Apr 20, 2004
Rinet
Rinet's mother was terminally ill and not expected to live much longer when it was suggested that Rinet be moved to the Rafiki Village.
Alex
Alex and his sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Praise
Praise's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father abandoned him.
Christina
After Christina and her two sisters, Peace and Tendo, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Claudia
After Claudia's parents died, she was placed in the care of her elderly grandmother.
Nicodemus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Bertha
Bertha lost both of her parents to an illness.
Akosua
Akosua is a confident and competent young lady. She loves math and is thankful for the way God made her.
Tizeta
Tizeta was abandoned by her mother, and her father is unknown.
James
James’ mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, Joseph.
Nicole
Nicole's mother abandoned her and her father remains unknown.
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Yordanos
Yordanos’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandfather, in 2006.
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Racheal
Racheal's birth mother has never been located. Her father took another wife, abandoned Racheal, and never returned. She arrived at the Rafiki...
Isaac
Isaac’s Father died in 2006 from an illness, and his mother died giving birth to him.
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Valante
Valante arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda 2010.
Clinton
After the death of their parents, Clinton and his sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009.
Jummai
Both Jummai's parents died within two years of each other, and Jummai and her brother Ezekiel were left to be raised by her grandmother.
Queenie
Queenie arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.