My Name is
Joanna
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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
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Nixon
The father of Nixon died early in his life and his mother had a fatal illness. She and the extended family felt it best to give Nixon a new start...
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Frank
Both Frank's parents died shortly after his birth.
Memory
Memory’s mother died four days after her birth.
Claudia
After Claudia's parents died, she was placed in the care of her elderly grandmother.
Irene
After both her mother and father abandoned her, Irene lived with her grandmother for a time.
Joseph
Joseph's mother was disabled, and they were internally displaced as a result of the 2007-post-presidential elections violence.
Tabitha
Tabitha was left in the care of her elderly grandparents after her mother died.
Paula
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Moses
Moses arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac.
Obadiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Carol
Carol lived with her grandmother after her mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for her, and her father abandoned the family when she...
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned her when she was one month old.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father had died before her.
Benon
Benon was born to a fifteen-year-old mother who died in child birth. His grandfather was old and unable to care for him. He was brought to an...
Patrick
After Patrick’s mother and father died, he went to live with his uncle for a time.
Moses
The death of Moses's father left six orphans.
Eva
Eva and her brother Lemmy were living with their grandmother, who attempted to feed the children on a daily basis but often was not able to.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Biruk
Biruk was eighteen months old when his mother died. He then moved in with his aunt.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.