My Name is
Hilda

Hilda
Hilda was abandoned when she was two years old. She was brought to the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center hospital in 2009 before being taken to a short-term orphanage. The orphanage contacted the Rafiki Foundation concerning her long-term care and education. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2012. Hilda is a sweet, quiet young woman. She continues to work hard in school to do the best that she can. She is grateful to be safe and cared for at the Rafiki Village. Hilda enjoys singing praises to God and studying His Word with her Rafiki family each day.
DOB: Feb 11, 2006
James
James’ mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, Joseph.
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Edwin
Edwin’s father abandoned him when he was a young child, leaving him with his uncle.
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Adam
Little is know about Adam's family and his parents whereabouts.
Janet
Janet is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Prisca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gertrude
Gertrude (Trudy) was orphaned after her father and mother died within a year of each other.
Dativa
Dativa and her half sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Aneth
After the death of her parents, Aneth lived with her single aunt.
Irene
After both her mother and father abandoned her, Irene lived with her grandmother for a time.
Dennis
Dennis arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Winston
Both of Winston’s parents are deceased.
Isaiah
Isaiah was placed into his grandparents care of following the death of his parents.
Emmanuel
Both Emmanuel's parents abandoned him when he was a small child.
Metsenanat
Metsenanat was abandoned by her parents and given to her grandmother.
Tabitha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2011.
Furahini
Furahini and her sister, Scolastika, lived with their grandmother after their mother disappeared.
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...
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father is unknown.
Aaron
Aaron lived with his grandmother before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia
Brighton
Brighton came to the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 along with his older brother Petros after the death of their parents.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.