My Name is
Gloria
Gloria
Gloria and her twin sister, Olivia, were abandoned and given to a paternal uncle after their father died. Their uncle soon found he could not properly care for them and applied to social services for help. The Rafiki Village Uganda was contacted, and Gloria and Olivia arrived in 2008. Now, Gloria has particular interests in language arts, science, and math. Science intrigues her, and she especially enjoys learning about body systems and their functions. When she thinks of all the different body systems, she considers what an amazing Creator God is. Gloria understands that God is merciful to save her and that nothing can separate her from God's love.
DOB: Oct 4, 2003
Theresia
Theresia and her twin sister, Aurelia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after their mother died of cancer.
Gertrude
Gertrude (Trudy) was orphaned after her father and mother died within a year of each other.
Jamila
Jamila's mother gave her over to the care of her aunt.
Yordanos
Yordanos’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandfather, in 2006.
Gelane
Gelane’s parents died two years apart from one another.
Michelle
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Prisca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Diane
Diane arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness.
Mara
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Kirk
Kirk was found abandoned at the police lines in the city of Nairobi, Kenya.
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother, Malesse, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Tabitha
Tabitha was left in the care of her elderly grandparents after her mother died.
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Adonay
Adonay's mother tried to abandon him on the street in the Somali Region, but a man from the health station intervened and gave her some money to...
Mary
Mary and her brother, Emmanuel, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002.
Tabitha
Tabitha was abandoned as a child, and none of her family members were able to care for her.
Israel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Elube
Elube’s parents died when she was a young child.
Beatrice
Beatrice’s mother was mentally ill and living on the streets.
Furahini
Furahini and her sister, Scolastika, lived with their grandmother after their mother disappeared.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.