My Name is
Joseph

Joseph
Joseph’s mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, James. Their father died in 2007. After his death, the three siblings lived with their aunt. The aunt had seven children of her own. Though she tried, she could not provide for the children's basic needs and sought help. Joseph, his twin, and their sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia in September 2008. Joseph enjoys playing baseball with his friends during his free time. He believes Jesus is his Savior and Redeemer. He believes God has made him a new creation, saving him and making him His child. He knows the Bible is the Word of God and he is to obey His Word. Joseph continues to pray for strength to do well in school and glorify God in all he does.
DOB: Jun 12, 2006
Dennis
Dennis arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Yordanos
Yordanos’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandfather, in 2006.
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Obadiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Candace
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Denise
When Denise was one month old, she was abandoned at the Kenyatta National hospital.
Clarisse
Clarisse arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Abigail
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rachel
Rachel is a double orphan. Both of her parents died tragically in 2007 and 2008.
Aidah
Aida was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by the Katherine Hines Ministries, a local orphanage in Kampala.
Pierre
Pierre and his brother first arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Tizeta
Tizeta was abandoned by her mother, and her father is unknown.
Centia
Centia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Dorine
Dorine and her twin sister, Irene, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother after they were abandoned by their parents.
Obadiah
Obadiah was found abandoned as a small child in 2006 in Paynesville, Liberia.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Pererat
Pererat’s mother died soon after he was born, and his father disappeared after the Jos riots in 2008.
John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him with no one to care for him.
Sarah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
John’s parents were killed in a tragic bus accident. His mother was pregnant with his little sister, Chipo, at the time of the accident, and she...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.