My Name is
John
John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him as a double orphan. His uncle struggled to care for him with four children of his own and no work. He eventually sought help for John. John was malnourished when he came to Rafiki in 2004. He soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving environment at the Village. John is now a very good student who enjoys school. He desires to study law, journalism, political science, philosophy, or music at a university. He sees education as a journey and not a destination. John strives to look more like Jesus every day, and he continues to pray to become a man after God's own heart.
DOB: Jul 29, 1999
James
James’ mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, Joseph.
Simon
Both of Simon’s parents were farmers who passed away from unknown causes.
Gideon
Gideon's parents were killed in 2010 when mudslides buried their village and the families living there.
Nicodemus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joseph
Joseph is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2007.
Cilicia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Perpetual
Perpetual arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
Salvio
Salvio's mother died shortly after giving birth to him. His neighbors tried to help but had six children of their own and were unable to adequately...
Susan
Susan's mother is deceased and her father is in jail.
Biruk
Biruk’s mother was very young when she gave birth to him.
Rich
Rich’s mother died in 2011, and his father abandoned him.
Nancy
Both of Nancy's parents died when she was a young child
Nahom
When Nahom was just three years old, his mother died of a sudden illness, and after the mourning period, his father abandoned him.
Abraham
Abraham’s mother died when he was just nine months old.
Munyithya
Munyithya's father died four months after he was born, and his mother followed eighteen months later before his second birthday.
Gracious
Gracious’s mother died of stomach cancer shortly after giving birth to her.
Prince
Prince and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
Felix
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Mercy
After both Mercy's parents died, she was placed in the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Now, Mercy has graduated from the Rafiki School.
Bethlehem
Bethlehem's (Betty's) mother abandoned her to go find work and left her with a neighbor.
Lucy
After Lucy's parents died in 2011, she lived with an unemployed uncle and his children until Social Welfare contacted the Rafiki Foundation in 2012...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.