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
Centia
Centia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Zachariah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Henry
Henry's mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died soon after his mother.
Thandiwe
After her mother's death, Thandiwe was sent to live with her great grandmother.
Enoch
Enoch’s mother worked at Rafiki. Her last request before her death was her hope that Enoch could come to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Zawady
Zawady is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2006.
Meseret
After both of Meseret’s parents passed away, her aunt gave her to a previous employer for care. Social Welfare was contacted in regard to Meseret’s...
James
James’ mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, Joseph.
Martin
Martin was abandoned in May 2002 when he was two years old. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2004.
Theresa
Theresa was abandoned at seven months old by her mother at a shop in downtown Monrovia, Liberia.
Godwin
Godwin lived with his unemployed aunt and uncle before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011.
Peter
Both of Peter’s parents were killed during religious riots that occurred in 2004 in a village about two hours away from Jos, Nigeria.
Joseph
Very little is known about Joseph's early years, except that his mother died and his father abandoned him.
Rebecca
Rebecca’s mother died and her father was killed when she was a young child.
Eve
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 father died a few years before his mother passed away in 2007.
Jackson
Jackson arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Peter
Both Peter's parents abandoned him when he was a young child.
Diana
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister Phiona arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2005.
Abigail
Abigail was abandoned in the annex of a Nairobi hospital grounds.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.