My Name is
Maria
Maria
Maria’s mother died giving birth to her, and her father died in a car accident in 2008. She was living with an aunt and uncle who had children of their own and struggled to care for their own children and Maria; they asked the Rafiki Foundation for help. Maria arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2010. The family is grateful that Maria’s needs will be met and that she now has the opportunity to attend school. Maria hopes to be a nurse when she grows up, so naturally, she really enjoys everything she learns in her science classes. She believes that it is important to do well in school and pass her tests so she can go to college and pursue her dreams to help others. Through Bible class and the Rafiki Bible Study, she has learned to put on the whole armor of God and to encourage others in Christ.
DOB: Aug 21, 2005
Philemon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
Jackson
Jackson arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Mehiret
Before coming to Rafiki, Mehiret lived with her maternal grandmother.
Biruk
Biruk was eighteen months old when his mother died. He then moved in with his aunt.
Augustine
Augustine, his twin brother Augustus, and older brother Gideon, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Emily
Before Emily arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, she was in the care of an aunt and uncle who did not have the means to properly feed her.
Moses
Both of Moses's died when he was a young child.
Millicent
After the death of her father and mother, Millicent was placed in the care of her aunt.
Abel
Abel was found abandoned as a baby.
Winston
Both of Winston’s parents are deceased.
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.
Awumbe
Awumbe and his brother and sister, Atimbil and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Nancy
Nancy was placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
Adele
Adele’s father struggled under the weight of caring for a young son with cerebral palsy, the children’s blind grandmother, and his own kidney...
Kwasi
Kwasi and his twin sister, Akosua, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2009.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Genet
Genet’s mother died when she was a year old, and her father is unknown.
Nehemiah
Both Nehemiah’s mother and father are deceased.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Patience
Patience’s mother died a month after she was born. Her father was killed a year later in a farming accident.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.