My Name is
Joseph
Joseph
Joseph is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2007. He then lived with his grandmother who was caring for many other children at the time. With so many other children, she could not provide for Joseph and social services recommended that he be placed at the Rafiki Village Zambia. He arrived at the Village in 2008. Joseph knows that God has given him a new heart, saved him, and made him His child. He says he knows because every day God leads him closer to Him and is teaching him to love and obey Him. Joseph has learned that God wants him to glorify Him and enjoy Him forever, and he seeks to glorify God in the leadership position he holds in school. He enjoys drawing and his favorite book is "Til We Have Faces" by C.S. Lewis.
DOB: May 1, 2003
Mary
Mary and her brother, Emmanuel, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002.
Samuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sensee
Sensee’s mother died three days after giving birth to her.
Mary
Mary and her sister Rachael arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Jonathan
Not much is known about Jonathan’s parents.
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry.
Diana
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
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.
Joshua
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rebecca
Rebecca’s mother died and her father was killed when she was a young child.
Jehu
Jehu's mother died of yellow fever and his father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Silas
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Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Negassa
Negassa's mother died in 2008, and his father abandoned him soon after her death.
Rachel
Both Rachel's parents died when she was two years old.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
David
David’s mother died in 2007, and his father died in 2008. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Issac
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Prince
Prince and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
Michael
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Donatha
Donatha arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.