My Name is
Jimmy

Jimmy
Jimmy and his twin sister Jane were brought to a local police station after their mother died in the Kenyatta National hospital. Eventually, Jimmy's grandfather was located, but he was unable to care for the twins. Both children arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2004. Jimmy is attentive during Bible lessons and enjoys physical education. He wants to read the Bible in order to know God more.
DOB: Jul 21, 2002
Catherine
Both Catherine's mother and father are deceased.
Pamela
Pamela and her brother, Francis, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Peter
Peter's mother died of meningitis one month after his birth.
Beauregard
Beauregard’s mother died soon after giving birth to him in November, 2006.
Judith
Judith’s mother passed away when she was young, and she was then cared for by various relatives before arriving at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2004.
Seth
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Juliet
Juliet lost her mother in 2003 and her father in 2004. She was then put in the care of an aunt who could not care for her basic needs. She arrived...
Alice
Alice arrived at Rafiki Village Rwanda in November 2009.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel lived with his elderly grandmother after the death of his parents.
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Gabriel
Gabriel's father abandoned the family and his mother did not recover from the C-section she had when he was born. Since that time he lived with...
Brian
Brian’s mother died at childbirth, and his father remains unknown. Brian was then placed in an orphanage about four hours from the Rafiki Village...
Bertha
Bertha lost both of her parents to an illness.
Lydia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Abigail
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Margaret
After Margaret's parents died, she lived with her impoverished grandmother who had little means to provide for her and her sister, Grace.
Afia
Afia arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Noah
Noah’s mother died a few days after giving birth to him. He was then placed in the care of his maternal grandmother.
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003. John was then placed in the care of his grandmother, but she struggled to provide for him and was unable to...
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Francine
Francine arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007, and his father died some years before that.
Alexander
Both Alex's parents are deceased. He came to live in the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2003.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.