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
Israel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rachel
Both Rachel's parents died when she was two years old.
Francis
Francis enjoys spending time with the short-term missionaries who visit the Village and helping his friends with homework.
Dativa
Dativa and her half sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
James
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Teeweh
Teeweh and his older sister Adele arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012 after their mother died and their father gave them up.
Samson
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rebecca
Rebecca’s mother died and her father was killed when she was a young child.
Neema
After the death of her mother and father, Neema lived with her elderly grandmother and adult sister.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
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.
Scovia
Scovia’s parents died within two years of each other, and their cause of death is unknown.
Yeabsira
Not much is known about Yeabsira’s life before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia.
Nicole
Nicole's mother abandoned her and her father remains unknown.
Ellen
Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November of 2010.
Sensee
Sensee’s mother died three days after giving birth to her.
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rich
Rich’s mother died in 2011, and his father abandoned him.
Michael
Michael’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and his father died after an accident.
Alex
Alex and his sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Awumbe
Awumbe is a happy and witty young man who has a special ability to brighten everyone’s day with his huge smile.
Agrippa
Agrippa’s mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died before her.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.