My Name is
Fiskani

Fiskani
Fiskani’s mother is deceased and his father abandoned him. He was living in a local village home without electricity or running water, sleeping on a grass mat and eating one meal a day because of the lack of maize. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2006. Fiskani now enjoys learning about the body, and he continues to seek out opportunities to learn about the practice of medicine. He works to make real-life connections to his subjects, and his desire to become a physician remains strong. He is described by his teachers as eager to learn and participate in class. Fiskani looks forward to evening devotions with his Rafiki brothers each night, and he is thankful for God's unfailing faithfulness.
DOB: May 11, 2001
Ben
Ben’s mother died in November 2006, and his father sometime before that.
Azuma
Azumba and her brothers, Atimbil and Awumbe, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth’s father died in 2005, and her mother died soon after in 2007.
Yesunesh
Yesunesh was born in Mojo, Ethiopia. Her father died when she was only a few months old, and her mother abandoned her few months after that.
Eden
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Adele
Adele’s father struggled under the weight of caring for a young son with cerebral palsy, the children’s blind grandmother, and his own kidney...
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry.
Janjay
Janjay’s mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died shortly after in a car accident.
Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Jane
Jane and her twin brother Jimmy were brought to a police station after their mother died in a local hospital.
Godwin
Godwin lived with his unemployed aunt and uncle before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011.
Darris
Darris's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Zawady
Zawady is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2006.
Janet
Janet's mother died in 2012, and it was soon confirmed that her mother's husband was not her biological father.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Peace
Peace and her sister, Gift, were orphaned in 2010 when their father died of AIDs.
Esau
Esau's mother died while delivering his younger brother, Isaac, and his father died the next year in a car accident.
Violet
After Violet’s parents died, her elderly grandfather enlisted her for household help with chores, cooking, and carrying firewood.
Paul
Paul's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Isaac, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012.
Sarah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Enoch
Enoch’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father remains unknown.
Brian
Brian was abandoned in the hospital as a new born by his young mother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.