My Name is
Ivan

Ivan
After being abandoned by his mother as a small child, Ivan was brought to the Nsambya Babies' home for a time. Ivan then came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in May 2004. He now enjoys learning many things at Rafiki. Ivan’s favorite subjects are fine art, Bible class, and physical education. He also enjoys studying logic and likes to reason, especially using Scriptures to do so. He expresses himself by drawing pictures and is a great artist. Ivan hopes to pursue a career in technology. Ivan knows that he has been justified by faith, not by works. He is committed to living for Jesus and continues to grow in his trust in God.
DOB: Dec 5, 2001
Mika
Mika and his brother, Bulus, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Gifty
Gifty arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in June of 2009.
Tiwonge
Tiwonge first arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Cephas
Cephas's father died just before he was born, and his mother died when he was just four years old.
Marcel
Marcel arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Keza
Keza arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Isaac
Isaac's mother died while delivering him, and his father died the following year in a car accident.
Brighton
Brighton came to the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 along with his older brother Petros after the death of their parents.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Memory
Memory and her twin brother, Uchizi, had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown.
Candace
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003, and her mother then died in 2009.
Wanangwa
By 2007, Wanangwa had lost both of his parents to fatal illnesses.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Issac
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ruth
Both of Ruth's parents are deceased. She and her brother Christopher lived with their grandmother before she sought help from social welfare...
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned when she was just one week old.
Isaac
Isaac was brought to the Rafiki Village in 2011.
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.
Caleb
Caleb’s mother was placed in prison when he was young child, and his father is unknown.
Pererat
Pererat’s mother died soon after he was born, and his father disappeared after the Jos riots in 2008.
Leul
After Leul's father died and his mother abandoned him, he was placed in the care of a widow.
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him after the death of his parents.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.