My Name is
Hope

Hope
Hope and her half sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009. She soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. Hope has learned to pray and trust God in all things. She continues to mature in her faith and seeks to have quiet time with the Lord each day. Hope is a boarding student at the Rafiki Village Rwanda.
DOB: Oct 18, 2006
Salvio
Salvio's mother died shortly after giving birth to him. His neighbors tried to help but had six children of their own and were unable to adequately...
Brenda
Both of Brenda's parents passed away in 2005 of an illness.
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Hope
Hope arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Lillian
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Uchizi
Uchizi and his twin sister had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown
Naomi
Naomi’s father died when she was a year old.
Moses
Both of Moses's died when he was a young child.
Julius
Julius’s mother abandoned him after his father died. He came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in March 2008.
Diane
Diane arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Myra
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sarah
Sarah was born prematurely in a private clinic in March 2005. Her mother disappeared soon after she took Sarah to the hospital, and her father...
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Peter
Both of Peter’s parents were killed during religious riots that occurred in 2004 in a village about two hours away from Jos, Nigeria.
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
Cilicia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mapalo
Mapalo’s grandmother was caring for ten of her grandchildren as well as four of her own children.
Reuben
Reuben’s mother died in 2007, and his father is unknown.
John
After their parents' death, John and his brother were given to an impoverished uncle who could not properly care for the boys' needs.
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003, and her mother then died in 2009.
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...
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father is unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.