My Name is
Grace
Grace
Grace lived with her grandmother after the death of her mother and father in 2006. Though she tried, Grace's grandmother had almost no means to provide for her. When she arrived at the Village in March 2007, Grace was very malnourished. She soon benefited from the quality care at the Village and has grown into a wonderful young woman. Grace is a strong student, and she does especially well in language arts. She also enjoys running with her friends for exercise. Grace seeks to glorify God in all that she does.
DOB: May 14, 2001
David
At eight months old, David was abandoned in a suburb of Kampala, Uganda.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Innocent
Innocent is a double orphan. He and his sister were approved by Social Welfare to come to Rafiki in May 2008. They have rapidly transformed thanks...
Dereck
Dereck and his twin sister were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Mathias
Mathias’s mother died a year after his father died and Mathias and his brother were given to an uncle for care.
Nicodemus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Janet
Janet is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister Phiona arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2005.
Adella
After the death of her parents, Adella lived with her single aunt.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
John’s father died a few years before his mother passed away in 2007.
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Mehiret
Before coming to Rafiki, Mehiret lived with her maternal grandmother.
Baraka
Baraka’s mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father is unknown.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died two days after he was born.
Jehoshaphat
Both of Jehosephat’s parents died of a fatal illness when he was a young child.
Agnes
Agnes was abandoned by her family and was referred to the Rafiki Village Uganda at two years of age.
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...
Jeremiah
After the death of his parents, Jeremiah lived with a family member. Though she tried, this family member could not provide for Jeremiah's basic...
Moses
The death of Moses's father left six orphans.
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother, Malesse, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Deborah
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.