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
Thandiwe
After her mother's death, Thandiwe was sent to live with her great grandmother.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was unable to care for him and abandoned him.
Job Ayuba
Job was orphaned when his mother died in 2003. His father passed away two years earlier.
Deborah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
James
After the death of his parents, James's grandmother took care of him and his brother, Frank.
Ethan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Janet
Janet is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Brenda
Both of Brenda's parents passed away in 2005 of an illness.
Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown.
Sharon
Sharon was found abandoned as a small child.
Rena
Rena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister, Serena.
Timothy
Timothy’s father died in 2002 of whooping cough, and his mother died several months later after a brief period of illness.
Mitchiel
Mitchiel was brought to the Nairobi Children’s Home in May 2001 by the local police after her mentally ill mother was placed in a psychiatric...
Scovia
Scovia’s parents died within two years of each other, and their cause of death is unknown.
Philemon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Martin
Martin and his sister, Grace, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Agrippa
Agrippa’s mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died before her.
Centia
Centia’s father died before she was born, and her mother died when she was about seven months old.
Diane
Diane’s father was never known. When her mother died in 2006, Diane went to live with her aunt.
Glen
Glen was found abandoned in 2005.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Moses
Both of Moses's died when he was a young child.
Meklit
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia, Meklit's grandmother cared for her.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.