My Name is
Linda
Linda
Linda's parents died in 2004. She was living with relatives for a time, but they found they could not provide for her and her brother, Caleb, and sought help. Linda and Caleb arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006. Linda is now a good student who enjoys school and excels in art. Linda enjoys interacting with others and thinks she would like to become a psychologist someday. She wants to live a godly life to honor and glorify God. Linda also wants to love her neighbors as herself, forgive others, and read God's Word often. She continues to pray to grow academically and to love others genuinely.
DOB: Aug 8, 2002
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old, and his father is unknown.
Elikana
Elikana is a double orphan. She and her sister Mercy were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let alone...
Afia
Afia arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Catherine
Catherine was abandoned immediately after she was born.
Abigail
Both of Abigail’s parents are deceased. Her father passed away the year she was born, and her mother died a year later.
Eyob
After his father's death, Eyob's mother abandoned him.
Miriam
Miriam was found at a local market in the Machakos district of Kenya.
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Susanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
Austin
Both of Austin’s parents died when he was a young child.
Emmanuel
Both Emmanuel's parents abandoned him when he was a small child.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Akua
In 2007, Akua’s mother and father both died of illness a few months apart.
Pamela
Pamela and her brother, Francis, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Bernice
After the death of their parents, Bernice and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Obadiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nicole
Nicole's mother abandoned her and her father remains unknown.
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Catherine
Catherine’s mother died in 2005, and her father committed suicide in 2008.
James
James’s father died HIV+, and his mother also had HIV.
Alex
Alex and his sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.