My Name is
Hope
Hope
Hope was placed in the care of her aunt and uncle after the death of her parents. Hope and her brother and sister were separated and given to different friends and relatives at the time. Hope's aunt and uncle had six small children and were unable to continue caring for her. The Rafiki Foundation was contacted and Hope arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011. Hope now loves attending school and learning. She hopes to study well so she can help her extended family in the future. Hope has learned to trust in the Lord and his perfect timing. As she prays and waits on the Lord, her faith continues to grow.
DOB: Dec 21, 2005
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her.
Moses
Moses’s parents both died within a year of each other, leaving him orphaned as an infant.
Jacob
Jacob is a double orphan. He lived with his aunt for a time after his parents died.
Peace
Peace and her sister, Gift, were orphaned in 2010 when their father died of AIDs.
Mapalo
Mapalo’s grandmother was caring for ten of her grandchildren as well as four of her own children.
Paulina
Paulina’s father died before she was born, and her mother died in 2003.
Sarah
Sarah's mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia.
Moris
Moris was put in the care of an uncle after his mother died, and his father remains unknown.
Ethel
Both Ethel's parents died within two years of each other.
Abigail
Abigail was abandoned in the annex of a Nairobi hospital grounds.
Abraham
Abraham's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Wesen, eighteen months later.
Margaret
After Margaret's parents died, she lived with her impoverished grandmother who had little means to provide for her and her sister, Grace.
Ethan
Ethan’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father died in 2002.
Marie Jeanne
Marie Jeanne was brought to her elderly, sickly grandmother when she was a young child after both of her parents died of sickness.
Queenie
Queenie was abandoned in 2010 and has no known family.
Abiba
Abiba Ruth's father abandoned her, and her mother is terminally ill.
Sarai
Sarai was taken in by her grandmother after the death of her father and mother.
Jack
After Jack’s mother died in 2006, he began living with his grandparents. His grandmother died soon after that.
Jonah
Jonah’s father died when he was just a year old, and his mother died soon after.
Simon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Umu Blessing
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Yamakani
Yamikani lost her father in 2004, and her mother was also dying of an illness at this time.
Jessica
Jessica was found abandoned as an infant at a community school on September 14, 2009 and was taken to the police station.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.