My Name is
Kwaku
Kwaku
Kwaku and his older sister, Eltonia, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009. Kwaku is a very intelligent young man. He learns quickly and enjoys reading and studying math. His favorite activity is playing soccer. Kwaku prays to grow in wisdom and knowledge and strives to keep God's commandments.
DOB: Apr 16, 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.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Felix
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Grace
Grace's father died in 2007 in a motor accident.
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...
Timothy
Timothy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local orphanage in Kampala, Uganda after he was abandoned and given to his grandmother as an...
Denis
After the death of their father, Denis and his brother, Charles, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small room, one-room house.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died two days after he was born.
Michael
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Alex
Both of Alex's parents died of terminal illnesses between 2003 and 2004. He was then referred by Social Welfare to begin living in the Rafiki...
Rebecca
Rebecca arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Tonny
Tonny’s mother abandoned him immediately after birth.
Bethuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sean
Sean’s mother abandoned him after his father was put in prison.
Peter
Peter's mother died of meningitis one month after his birth.
Simon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007, and his father died some years before that.
Witness
Witness lived most of her early life in an orphanage.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel lived with his elderly grandmother after the death of his parents.
Mercy
After both Mercy's parents died, she was placed in the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Now, Mercy has graduated from the Rafiki School.
Abiba
Abiba Ruth's father abandoned her, and her mother is terminally ill.
Grace
Grace and her brother, Martin, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.