My Name is
Frank
Frank
Frank's mother is deceased, and his father is in prison. After his father was imprisoned, Frank was left in the care of an elderly widowed neighbor. She contacted social services, and they contacted Rafiki on Frank's behalf. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006. He was in poor health when he arrived, but he has benefited from the healthy environment at the village. Frank now enjoys history and social studies. He excels in his language arts and literature classes. Frank says that he knows God is a God of beauty, and he sees it all around him in Rafiki Village Uganda. Frank continues to pray for a bright future and a strong relationship with Christ.
DOB: Feb 26, 2004
Dennis
Dennis lived with his grandmother after his mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for him, and his father abandoned the family when he...
James
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Gad
Gad arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Janjay
Janjay’s mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died shortly after in a car accident.
Israel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mary
Mary and her sister Rachael arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Dadi
Dadi arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Augustine
Augustine, his twin brother Augustus, and older brother Gideon, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Samuel
Samuel was like many children when they first arrive at Rafiki. He arrived with no shoes, and he looked very malnourished.
Candace
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gloria
Gloria and her twin sister Olivia were abandoned and given to a paternal uncle when their father died.
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aynalem
Aynalem was three years old when her mother died. Her father remains unknown.
Ebenezer
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Randall
Randall was abandoned by his mother shortly after his birth.
Uwase
Uwase arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Shadreck
After the death of his parents, Shadreck was in the care of an impoverished widow could not properly feed him.
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.