My Name is
Joanna

Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or subsidies. They receive an excellent classical Christian education, daily Bible study, two nutritious meals per day, and basic school supplies. For a child in Africa, attending school means more than ABCs or 123s; it means a hope for a future – spiritually and materially. Your support makes that hope possible for these day students, their families, and their communities. We have given each day student an alias for the privacy and protection of the child and his/her family. If you sponsor a day student, you will receive some additional information about the child and will communicate with the child using the assigned alias.
DOB: Dec 22, 2013
Rachel
Rachel was orphaned when she was just three months old and was then taken in by her grandparents.
Claire
Claire arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, James.
Joshua
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Adam
Adam’s mother died giving birth to him, and his father died from complications of malaria.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned her when she was one month old.
Jordan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Josiah
Josiah's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002.
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Reuben
Reuben’s mother died in 2007, and his father is unknown.
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Linda
Linda’s parents died in 2006, and she and her sister, Beatrice, were then left in the care of their aunt.
John
Very few details are known about John. His mother is deceased and his father is presumed to be as well.
Atsu
Atsu arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Innocent
Innocent is a double orphan. He and his sister were approved by Social Welfare to come to Rafiki in May 2008. They have rapidly transformed thanks...
Naitoti
Naitoti, her sister, Nasha, and their cousin, Furaha, were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Mika
Mika and his brother, Bulus, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Judith
Judith's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002. She and her brother Josiah came to the Village in 2004.
Phoebe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Paul
Paul had no one to care for him after the death of his father in 2006.
Candace
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Praise
Praise's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father abandoned him.
Richard
Richard’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.