My Name is
Jamesetta

Jamesetta
Jamesetta, her sister, Amelia, and her brother, Jimmy, arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012. Though they tried, the children's aunt and grandmother could not properly care for them. Jamesetta enjoys learning about math because she enjoys solving challenging problems. She has three ambitions in life: to be the president, to be an agriculturalist, or to be a missionary. As she has studied the Bible at Rafiki, Jamesetta's faith has grown. She knows that God made her for a particular purpose, and that purpose is to serve and praise Him.
DOB: Aug 16, 2004
Jane
Both Jane's parents died when she was a young child, making her a double orphan.
Sibongile
Sibongile’s mother was impoverished and unable to care for her or her sister Siphwe.
Christina
Christina arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2008 shortly after her mother's death.
Adella
After the death of her parents, Adella lived with her single aunt.
Frank
After the death of his parents, Frank's grandmother took care of him and his brother, James.
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Isaiah
Isaiah was placed into his grandparents care of following the death of his parents.
Elikana
Elikana is a double orphan. She and her sister Mercy were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let alone...
Thomas
Both Thomas's parents died from unknown causes when he was a young child, and the people in his village were unable to provide sufficient care for...
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Valante
Valante arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda 2010.
Etsub
Etsub and her brother, Robel, lived with their mother before she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Felistas
Felistas’ mother died shortly after giving birth to her sister, Gracious, and their father abandoned them.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gad
Gad arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Tabitha
Both of Tabitha’s parents died before she was four years old, leaving her and her four older brothers and sisters as orphans.
Neema
After the death of her mother and father, Neema lived with her elderly grandmother and adult sister.
Azuma
Azuma is a very creative child. She loves science because it broadens her knowledge about how things function.
Mehiret
Before coming to Rafiki, Mehiret lived with her maternal grandmother.
Susanna
Susanna’s mother died within a month of giving birth to her. Her father abandoned her and was then reported to have died.
Martha
Martha's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joe
Joe was placed in the care of an uncle after his mother and father died in 2010.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.