My Name is
Jeremiah
Jeremiah
Before Jeremiah arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011, he lived at a children's home in Moshi for four years with no known family. Jeremiah is now an active and sharp young man. Jeremiah continues to learn the importance of working hard in school. He enjoys learning more about God through the Rafiki Bible Study, and he looks forward to Christ's return because he trusts that he will be with Christ. Jeremiah also enjoys praying to God and singing hymns.
DOB: Feb 26, 2007
Precious Blessing
Precious's mother died in 2009, and her father then abandoned her.
Racheal
After both her parents died, Racheal lived in her grandfather's care.
Etsub
Etsub and her brother, Robel, lived with their mother before she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Pross
Prossy lost her father to AIDS at age four, and her mother was unable to care for her due to severe mental illness.
Jackson
Jackson’s mother and father died of health complications in 2013.
Gladys
Gladys arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Martha
Martha's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Witness
Witness lived most of her early life in an orphanage.
Abel
After Abel's mother was killed in a car accident, an elderly neighbor brought Abel into her home.
Rabson
Rabson and his brother, Vincent, lived with their grandmother after their parents died in 2011.
Memory
Memory was found in the care of a 65-year-old widow who lived in a village subsidized by the government for the homeless.
Umu Blessing
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Prince
Prince and his two brothers, Randy and Emmanuel, were abandoned by their mother as young children. Prince and his brothers arrived at the Rafiki...
Bertha
Bertha lost both of her parents to an illness.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father disappeared after her mother's death.
Abigail
Abigail was abandoned in the annex of a Nairobi hospital grounds.
Reuben
Reuben’s mother died in 2007, and his father is unknown.
Naomi
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Austin
Austin’s father died in an accident when he was cutting down a tree, and his mother died in November, 2009 from malaria.
Belis
Belis' mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Peter
Peter’s grandmother and other relatives cared for him after the death of his parents.
Celestina
Celestina and her sister, Esther, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.