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
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Bulus
Bulus and his brother, Mika, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Saul
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Darris
Darris's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Keza
Keza arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Epa
Epa arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Silas
Silas arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Clarisse
Clarisse arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Chloe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mercy
Mercy is a double orphan. She and and her sister Elikana were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let...
Joshua
Joshua's parents were killed in 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and the families living there. Joshua, his twin brother Gideon, and...
Jehu
Jehu's mother died of yellow fever and his father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Gad
Gad arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Rachel
Rachel is a double orphan. Both of her parents died tragically in 2007 and 2008.
Brino
Brino and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Meklit
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia, Meklit's grandmother cared for her.
Hope
Hope’s father died HIV positive, and his mother was also living HIV positive and was very sick. She wanted Hope placed in a good home before she died.
Thandiwe
After her mother's death, Thandiwe was sent to live with her great grandmother.
Jeff
Jeff’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Candace
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.