My Name is
Esther
Esther
Esther and her sister, Celestina, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009. Esther is a sociable young woman who enjoys making new friends. Her favorite sport is basketball, and she enjoys studying history and French. Esther has learned from the Rafiki Bible Study that as God's child, she needs to make choices that lead to a life that pleases the Lord.
DOB: Apr 8, 2007
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned her when she was one month old.
James
James’ mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, Joseph.
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Bethel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Josephine
Josephine’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Theresa
Clifford
Clifford and his brother, Namukolo, were living with their parents in the Kanakantappa Village when their mother died in 2010.
Isaac
Isaac's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Paul, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012. The boys' mother passed...
Theresa
Theresa was abandoned at seven months old by her mother at a shop in downtown Monrovia, Liberia.
Alice
Alice’s parents both died by 2005 and she was left in the care of her eighteen-year-old brother.
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Centia
Centia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
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...
Silas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Kalkidan
Kalkidan was abandoned at a very young age, so his elderly grandparents cared for him.
Leticia
Leticia and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2012.
James
After the death of his parents, James's grandmother took care of him and his brother, Frank.
Frank
Frank arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Abiba
Abiba Ruth's father abandoned her, and her mother is terminally ill.
Biruk
Biruk was eighteen months old when his mother died. He then moved in with his aunt.
Mara
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Fabrice
Fabrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
David
David's mother died in 2003 while giving birth, and his father's whereabouts remain unknown.
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.