My Name is
Eliya
Eliya
Eliya and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010. They soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. Eliya knows that God has a plan for him. He is increasingly grateful to be at Rafiki, and he realizes what a blessing it is. From studying the book of Romans in the Rafiki Bible Study, Eliya has learned that we must walk in a manner worthy of God by doing our best for Him. Eliya is a boarding student at the Rafiki Village Rwanda.
DOB: May 1, 2005
Luke
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Memory
Memory’s mother died four days after her birth.
Lonnie
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, Lonnie was called “Lonely” because both of her parents were deceased.
Hilda
Hilda was abandoned when she was two years old.
Charles
After the death of their father, Charles and his brother, Denis, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small, one-room house.
Leul
After Leul's father died and his mother abandoned him, he was placed in the care of a widow.
James
James’s father died HIV+, and his mother also had HIV.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Gabriela
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Janet
Janet's mother died in 2012, and it was soon confirmed that her mother's husband was not her biological father.
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
Mara
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ermias
Ermias' mother was mentally handicapped. She abandoned Ermias and his sister, Mehiret, and gave them to the care of their impoverished grandmother.
Nahum
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
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.
Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Isaac
Isaac was brought to the Rafiki Village in 2011.
Alice
Alice’s parents both died by 2005 and she was left in the care of her eighteen-year-old brother.
Lucy
After Lucy's parents died in 2011, she lived with an unemployed uncle and his children until Social Welfare contacted the Rafiki Foundation in 2012...
Neema
Neema's mother died while giving birth to her, and her father abandoned her.
Alexander
After his parents died, Alexander was placed in the care of a man in his village.
Evess
After the death of both of her parents, Evess was left in the care of an impoverished aunt who could not properly feed her.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.