My Name is
Kelia
Kelia
An elderly woman from a local village brought Kelia to a police station in 2011, hoping to find someone to care for her. Kelia was then placed at a small orphanage. When the orphanage became too crowded to care for Kelia, they contacted the Rafiki Foundation. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011. She soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving environment at the Rafiki Village. Kelia is a good student who is polite, cooperative, and enjoys learning. Due to developments in Rwanda, Kelia is living off-site from the Village. She still, however, is receiving a full Rafiki scholarship. Kelia continues to grow in her faith, and we pray she will become a bold light for Christ in her family.
DOB: Jan 1, 2010
Elizabeth
After Elizabeth’s mother died in July of 2005, her children came to live with their maternal aunt who worked as a mother’s assistant at the Rafiki...
Marie Jeanne
Marie Jeanne was brought to her elderly, sickly grandmother when she was a young child after both of her parents died of sickness.
Grace Masozi
Grace lived with her grandmother after the death of her mother and father in 2006.
Israel
Israel’s mother was mentally incapable of caring for him, and his father is unknown.
Hana
Hana’s mother died in 2008, and her father remains unknown.
Luke
Luke’s father was a soldier and died before he turned three.
Patricia
Patricia's early life was filled with tragedy; she never knew either of her parents.
Samuel
Samuel’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father had died before her.
Brian
Brian was abandoned in the hospital as a new born by his young mother.
Anna
Anna arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006, a year after both her parents died.
Mapalo
Mapalo’s is a double orphan; her mother died in 2006, and her father died in 2008.
Abigail
Abigail was originally part of the second group of triplets to arrive at the Rafiki Village Ghana.
Jerome
Jerome was abandoned at a local hospital in Kampala, Uganda in 2005.
Adeline
Adeline and her mother were living with a family friend when her mother left one day and never returned.
Isaac
Isaac’s mother died an hour after she gave birth to him, and his father shortly abandoned him after he was born.
Lusia
After Lusia's mother died, she lived with her aunt
Clarisse
Clarisse's elderly grandmother cared for her since her birth.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old, and his father is unknown.
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both of his parents at birth and was being cared for by a state-run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three,...
Francis
Francis and his sister, Pamela, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Patience
Patience’s mother died a month after she was born. Her father was killed a year later in a farming accident.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.