My Name is
Florence
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother. She arrived at the Village in 2006. Florence is a team player who enjoys helping her classmates. She is an encourager and planner, preparing for class by completing her homework and reminding others to do so as well. Florence trusts Jesus as her personal Savior who died for her sins. She is committed to loving her enemies and doing what is pleasing to God.
DOB: Feb 12, 2002
Sandra
Sandra and her twin brother, Isaac, moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2011.
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.
Memory
Memory was found in the care of a 65-year-old widow who lived in a village subsidized by the government for the homeless.
Adam
Little is know about Adam's family and his parents whereabouts.
Brian
Brian was abandoned in the hospital as a new born by his young mother.
Alice
After Alice’s mother and father died, she and her brother Wilson were left in the care of an uncle.
Amos
Amos was abandoned in Kitui near the police station when he was only two years old.
Matias
After his mother died in 2009, Matias lived with his grandmother.
Janjay
Janjay’s mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died shortly after in a car accident.
Thandiwe
After her mother's death, Thandiwe was sent to live with her great grandmother.
Paul
Paul’s father died during the religious riots that occurred in Jos, Nigeria in 2001.
Nathan
Both of Nathan's parents died when he was young child.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Faith
Faith’s mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia.
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Eliya
After Eliya’s parents died, he was placed in the care of his aunt.
Mary
Mary and her brother, Emmanuel, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002.
Vincent
Vincent and his brother, Rabson, lived with their grandmother after their parents died in 2011.
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003. John was then placed in the care of his grandmother, but she struggled to provide for him and was unable to...
Mathias
Mathias’s mother died a year after his father died.
Clinton
After the death of their parents, Clinton and his sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009.
Beauregard
Beauregard’s mother died soon after giving birth to him in November, 2006.
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.