My Name is
Jamila
Jamila
Jamila's mother gave her over to the care of her aunt. However, her aunt was soon unable to care for her. Her father was mentally ill and also unable to care for her. Her aunt contacted social services for aid, wanting to offer Jamila a brighter future, and social services then contacted Rafiki. Jamila arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2008. Her favorite subject is science because she understands that God has created her for a purpose and that her body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. Jamila also enjoys science because she hopes to become a surgeon in the future! She has learned from the Rafiki Bible Study to overcome evil with good, love even those who do not agree with her, and seek Jesus daily.
DOB: Sep 2, 2004
Irene
After being abandoned by their parents, Irene and her twin sister, Dorine, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother.
Godiya
Godiya’s father died before she was born, and her mother died when she was a year old.
Wilson
Both Wilson’s mother and father died when he was a small child. Wilson and his sister were then referred to the Rafiki Village Uganda in September...
Augustus
Augustus, his twin brother Augustine, and his older brother Gideon arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Centia
Centia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Rachael
Rachael and her sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010.
Beulah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Felix
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
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...
Clifford
Clifford and his brother, Namukolo, were living with their parents in the Kanakantappa Village when their mother died in 2010.
Belis
Belis' mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Jacob
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dumisani
After the death of his parents, Dumisani arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Catherine
Catherine’s mother died in 2005, and her father committed suicide in 2008.
Felix
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sharon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Tabitha
Both of Tabitha’s parents died before she was four years old, leaving her and her four older brothers and sisters as orphans.
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Samuel
Samuel’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
James
James was orphaned after his mother was involved in a fatal road accident in April 2005.
Innocent
Innocent was abandoned as a young child and was then referred to a babies' home.
Aidah
Aida was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by the Katherine Hines Ministries, a local orphanage in Kampala.
Alice
Alice’s parents both died by 2005 and she was left in the care of her eighteen-year-old brother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.