My Name is
Juliet
Juliet
Both of Juliet’s parents died when she was about two years old. She was then placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother. Social welfare was concerned with her living conditions and they, with the permission of the grandmother, referred her to the Rafiki Village Nigeria. Juliet arrived in September 2006. She is now a good student who likes school. She also enjoys reading books and using her imagination. She has been working on building a strong relationship with God so she can share that love with others. Juliet desires to become the young woman God has called her to be. She prays to trust God with her life, goals, and the desires of her heart.
DOB: Jan 7, 2002
Janjay
Janjay’s mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died shortly after in a car accident.
Edwin
Edwin’s father abandoned him when he was a young child, leaving him with his uncle.
Watson
Watson arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 with his older brother Benjamin.
Martha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Benjamin
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Naomi
Naomi and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Jeremiah
Before Jeremiah arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011, he lived at a children's home in Moshi for four years with no known family.
Saul
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mehiret
Before coming to Rafiki, Mehiret lived with her maternal grandmother.
Ruki
Ruki and her older sister were abandoned by their parents at a young age. The two girls were living on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Paul
Paul's mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father remains unknown. Upon arriving at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2012, it was learned...
Alice
After Alice’s mother and father died, she and her brother Wilson were left in the care of an uncle.
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Eve
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jane
Jane and her sister and cousin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Adele
Adele’s father struggled under the weight of caring for a young son with cerebral palsy, the children’s blind grandmother, and his own kidney...
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Moses
Moses and his twin sister were abandoned at a shopping center, found by strangers, and taken to a local district hospital.
Umu
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Kelia
Kelia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Silas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ebenezer
Ebenezer and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.