My Name is
Katherine
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006 and has since enjoyed her new home. Kathy loves playing basketball. She is a good team player who displays good sportsmanship. Kathy's favorite subjects are math, English, and biology. She enjoys early sacred music lessons and appreciates the fact that music has been a gift from God since the beginning of the world. Kathy also plays the viola in the Rafiki Youth Orchestra. She seeks to imitate Christ, rejoice in hope, and be in constant prayer.
DOB: Sep 25, 2001
Elijah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Gloria
Gloria and her twin sister Olivia were abandoned and given to a paternal uncle when their father died.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
Jeff
Jeff’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Epa
Epa arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Nahom
When Nahom was just three years old, his mother died of a sudden illness, and after the mourning period, his father abandoned him.
Luke
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Yamikani
Yamikani lost her father in 2004, and her mother was also dying of an illness at this time.
Christopher
Christopher lost both of his parents between 2002 and 2003.
Nahum
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Claude
Claude arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Adam
Adam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Alexander
After his parents died, Alexander was placed in the care of a man in his village.
Faith
Faith’s mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia.
Ethan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Abigail
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Tabitha
Tabitha was left in the care of her elderly grandparents after her mother died.
Salome
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Reuben
Reuben’s mother died in 2007, and his father is unknown.
Pererat
Pererat’s mother died soon after he was born, and his father disappeared after the Jos riots in 2008.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.