My Name is
Martin
Martin
Martin and his sister, Grace, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005. Martin soon proved to be very lively, and he has matured into a respectable young man. He is an example for other young people at the Village. Martin thanks the Lord for His faithfulness in guiding him to the Rafiki Village and says that God's grace is clearly seen at the Rafiki Village. Martin has graduated from the Rafiki School and is being supported by Rafiki while he studies business and finance at university.
DOB: Aug 31, 2000
John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him with no one to care for him.
Elizabeth
After Elizabeth’s mother died in July of 2005, her children came to live with their maternal aunt who worked as a mother’s assistant at the Rafiki...
Furahini
Furahini and her sister, Scolastika, lived with their grandmother after their mother disappeared.
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...
Alice
Alice’s parents both died by 2005 and she was left in the care of her eighteen-year-old brother.
Abigail
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
Scovia
Scovia’s parents died within two years of each other, and their cause of death is unknown.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Benjamin
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Blessing
Blessing and her twin brother Dalitso, had moved four times since their mother died when they were babies. They lived at two babies’ homes and then...
Austin
Austin’s parents died leaving him an orphan at just one year old.
Theresa
Theresa’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Josephine.
Sharon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gideon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sumaya
Sumaya's father died when she was a young child, and her mother started living with another man who was unwilling to care for her.
Pamela
Pamela and her brother, Francis, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Flavia
Flavia and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Tracy
Both Tracy's (Tamar’s) parents died of illness in 2002.
Sharon
When Sharon was barely a toddler, her parents died in a fatal accident.
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jamesetta
Jamesetta, her sister, Amelia, and her brother, Jimmy, arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012.
Jonah
Jonah’s father died when he was just a year old, and his mother died soon after.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.