My Name is
Isaac
Isaac
Isaac was brought to the Rafiki Village in 2011. He has received excellent care and a good education. Isaac soon proved to be a smiley, friendly young man who loves spending time with his friends and Rafiki brothers. His favorite subject is science, and he enjoys playing basketball. From the Rafiki Bible Study, Isaac has learned that a believers faith grows firm as he stands fast in it.
DOB: Dec 20, 2006
Mathias
Mathias’s mother died a year after his father died and Mathias and his brother were given to an uncle for care.
Biruk
Biruk’s mother was very young when she gave birth to him.
Aquila
Aquila and his sister Priscilla literally lost their father in Jan 2000, when he went missing after riots broke out near their village. Considered...
Tabitha
Tabitha was abandoned as a child, and none of her family members were able to care for her.
John
John arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 after both of his parents died.
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...
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
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...
Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.
Awumbe
Awumbe and his brother and sister, Atimbil and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Sam
Sam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Celestina
Celestina and her sister, Esther, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Jonah
Jonah’s father died when he was just a year old, and his mother died soon after.
Anjela
After being abandoned by her mother, Anjela lived with her elderly grandfather in a small mud hut.
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Meklit
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia, Meklit's grandmother cared for her.
Elijah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Innocent
Innocent’s mother died in 2005, and his father abandoned him, leaving him in the care of an uncle who also abandoned him as a child.
Martha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Pierre
Pierre and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.