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
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Bernice
Bernice was in the care of her paternal uncle before arriving at the Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Beatrice
Beatrice’s parents died of a terminal illness shortly after she was born, and she was put in the care of her grandmother.
Sharon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Silas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Irene
Irene and her sister were abandoned by their parents as young children. They lived on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Tizeta
Tizeta was abandoned by her mother, and her father is unknown.
Wongani
Both Wongani's parents died by the time he was two years old.
Ruth
After the death of their parents, Ruth and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Judith
After Judith’s mother passed away in 2006, she was placed in the care of her grandmother, who could not provide for her basic needs.
Justina
Justina and her twin sister Josephine arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Joe
Joe was placed in the care of an aunt after his mother and father died.
John
John’s parents were killed in a tragic bus accident. His mother was pregnant with his little sister, Chipo, at the time of the accident, and she...
Clementine
Clementine arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Adam
Adam’s mother died giving birth to him, and his father died from complications of malaria.
Isaac
Isaac was brought to the Rafiki Village in 2011.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Israel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Lillian
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother, Malesse, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Winston
Both of Winston’s parents are deceased.
Mary
Mary lived with her maternal grandmother after her mother's death. Her mother died in 2003 when Mary just over one year old.
Christabel
After both of Christabel’s parents died of illness, she and her brother Jehosephat arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.