My Name is
Emanuel
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain-climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old. Emanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2012. Emanuel is now a very bright young man. He continues to be a serious student who works hard. Emanuel also plays on the Rafiki tennis team and enjoys competing. He continues to learn to trust in Jesus, and he enjoys learning about Christ's second coming. Emanuel says that he is thankful that "God saw him and brought him to Rafiki" as a young child.
DOB: Dec 12, 2006
Jane Kacyeye
Jane’s parents were living in Uganda when they died from a terminal illness.
Aquila
Aquila and his sister Priscilla literally lost their father in Jan 2000, when he went missing after riots broke out near their village. Considered...
Felix
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
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.
Blessing
Blessing lost her father before she was born, and her mother ran away in 2000 and was returned to the village dead two years later.
Glen
Glen was found abandoned in 2005.
Juliet
Juliet Faith was found abandoned in a remote area outside of Nairobi, Kenya.
Esther
Esther's father died in 2004, and her mother died six months later.
Grace
Grace was orphaned when she was only three months old.
Paul
Paul's mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father remains unknown. Upon arriving at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2012, it was learned...
Abraham
Abraham’s mother died when he was just nine months old.
Dorine
Dorine and her twin sister, Irene, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother after they were abandoned by their parents.
Juliet
Juliet lost her mother in 2003 and her father in 2004. She was then put in the care of an aunt who could not care for her basic needs. She arrived...
Akosua
Akosua and her twin brother Kwasi arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
David
David’s mother died in 2007, and his father died in 2008. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Susan
Susan was abandoned as a child and was placed in a temporary place for abandoned children before being assigned to the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006.
Mediatrice
Mediatrice’s parents became sick and both died in 2007.
Derrick
Derrick was referred to Rafiki by a local children's ministry.
Gift
Gift was abandoned by his parents at a young age and placed in the care of his grandmother.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Ruth
Ruth’s mother brought her to the nursery of a hospital for an exam and then abandoned her there.
Janet
Janet is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Marcel
Marcel was found wandering alone near a church close to the Burundi border.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.