My Name is
Josephine
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them. Both girls soon began to thrive at the Village. Josephine is an organized student who pays attention and participates well in class. She takes her education seriously and leads her classmates in study time after school. Josephine trusts Jesus because He is always there to carry her through her times of need. She understands the truth that salvation comes by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
DOB: Dec 27, 2001
Stephena
Stephena's father was killed by lightning and her mother died, along with Stephena's twin, while giving birth.
George
George was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage.
Epa
Epa arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Martha
After the death of her parents, Martha and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Dinah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Blessed
Blessed’s mother abandoned her four days after her birth at the Kakamega Provincial General Hospital.
Brenda
Both of Brenda's parents passed away in 2005 of an illness.
James
After the death of his parents, James's grandmother took care of him and his brother, Frank.
Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth’s father died in 2005, and her mother died soon after in 2007.
Joshua
Joshua’s mother died in 2002, and his father died two years later.
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Jacob
Jacob first arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006 after the death of his parents.
Issac
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Centia
Centia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Abigail
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Samson
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel (Kobby) and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
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...
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown.
John
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Namukolo
Namukolo and his brother, Clifford, lived with his parents in a small rural village before their mother died in 2010. The father abandoned them and...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.