My Name is
Kelvin
Kelvin
After the death of their parents, Kelvin and his sister Maurin lived with their grandparents for a time. Though they tried, the children's grandparents were unable to care for them and sought help. Kelvin and his sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009. Kelvin knows that loving Jesus means following His teachings and commandments and this helps him make the right choices. His love for God also helps him love others.
DOB: Mar 3, 2006
Joshua
Joshua's parents were killed in 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and the families living there. Joshua, his twin brother Gideon, and...
Samuel
Samuel was like many children when they first arrive at Rafiki. He arrived with no shoes, and he looked very malnourished.
Tabitha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Edwin
Edwin’s father abandoned him when he was a young child, leaving him with his uncle.
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Vivian
Vivian’s mother was mentally ill, and her father was unknown.
Isaac
Isaac was brought to the Rafiki Village in 2011.
Mary
Mary was placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
Philemon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Kwasi
Kwasi and his twin sister, Akosua, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2009.
Awumbe
Awumbe and his brother and sister, Atimbil and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Afia
Afia arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Moses
Moses was removed from his mother in January 2003 for his protection.
Kirk
Kirk was found abandoned at the police lines in the city of Nairobi, Kenya.
Naomie
Naomie was living with her mother in Burundi when her mother became ill and died.
Patrick
After Patrick’s mother and father died, he went to live with his uncle for a time.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
Susanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Chukwudi
Chukwudi is a double orphan, having lost his father in 2005 and his mother in 2008.
Betty
Both of Betty’s parents died when she was young. Her mother contracted cerebral malaria, and her father died in a car accident.
Bethel
Jamila Naomi
Naomi's mother gave her over to the care of her aunt.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.