My Name is
Lucy

Lucy
After Lucy's parents died in 2011, she lived with an unemployed uncle and his children until Social Welfare contacted the Rafiki Foundation in 2012 about her long-term care. Lucy is now a good student who has learned the value of hard work. She is learning to study hard and concentrate on her schoolwork. In her spare time, she enjoys playing basketball and soccer and is skilled at both sports. She enjoys reading God's Word and studying it each day with her Rafiki family.
DOB: Apr 24, 2006
Salvio
Salvio's mother died shortly after giving birth to him. His neighbors tried to help but had six children of their own and were unable to adequately...
Catherine
Catherine was abandoned immediately after she was born.
Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother, Kelvin, went to live with their grandparents.
Rachel
Rachel was one of thirteen children living at a farm with her grandparents.
Teeweh
Teeweh and his older sister Adele arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012 after their mother died and their father gave them up.
Mary
Mary is a kind, respectful student who works hard and cooperates willingly in the classroom.
Aaron
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Adam
Adam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003 and John was placed in the care of his grandmother.
Eric
Eric and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Paula
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Evess
After the death of both of her parents, Evess was left in the care of an impoverished aunt who could not properly feed her.
Blessed
Blessed’s mother abandoned her four days after her birth at the Kakamega Provincial General Hospital.
Atsu
Atsu arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009. His favorite part of each school day is creative arts.
Leonard
After the death of their parents, Leonard and his twin brother, Boniface, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Obadiah
Obadiah was found abandoned as a small child in 2006 in Paynesville, Liberia.
Theresa
Theresa’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Josephine.
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Alinafe
Alinafe is a double orphan who was in the care of her elderly grandparents.
Gabriel
Gabriel's father abandoned the family and his mother did not recover from the C-section she had when he was born. Since that time he lived with...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father had died before her.
Nancy
Both of Nancy's parents died when she was a young child
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.