My Name is
Eden

Eden
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or subsidies. They receive an excellent classical Christian education, daily Bible study, two nutritious meals per day, and basic school supplies. For a child in Africa, attending school means more than ABCs or 123s; it means a hope for a future – spiritually and materially. Your support makes that hope possible for these day students, their families, and their communities. We have given each day student an alias for the privacy and protection of the child and his/her family. If you sponsor a day student, you will receive some additional information about the child and will communicate with the child using the assigned alias.
DOB: Dec 29, 2010
Joseph
Very little is known about Joseph's early years, except that his mother died and his father abandoned him.
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Yamikani
Yamikani lost her father in 2004, and her mother was also dying of an illness at this time.
Jeremiah
At two months of age, Jeremiah was abandoned at a local hospital.
Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her brother, Clinton, were placed in the care of their grandparents.
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...
Jonathan
John’s mother died in 2003 in a drowning accident, and his father died later that same year. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2005.
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was a young child, he was carried on his mother’s back as she wandered the city of Accra.
Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother, Kelvin, went to live with their grandparents.
Sibongile
Sibongile’s mother was impoverished and unable to care for her or her sister Siphwe.
Rebeccah
Rebecca was admitted to a babies' home in October 2004.
Marcel
Marcel arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was unable to care for him and abandoned him.
Gracious
Gracious’s mother died of stomach cancer shortly after giving birth to her.
Kirk
Kirk was found abandoned at the police lines in the city of Nairobi, Kenya.
Carol
Carol lived with her grandmother after her mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for her, and her father abandoned the family when she...
Abel
Abel's mother died when he was one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ethan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jehu
Jehu's mother died of yellow fever and his father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Dagim
Dagim's mother died shortly after his birth.
Francisca
Francisca’s mother died after a short illness when Francisca was one year old. Her father died six months later.
Daniel
Daniel and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.