My Name is
Mary

Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her sisters lived with their aunt. Though she tried, the girls' aunt was unable to feed them and provide for their basic needs. She asked the Rafiki Foundation for help. Mary and her sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009. Mary soon proved to be a polite and respectful young lady. She loves to sing, and her favorite hymn is "The Lord is My Shepherd" because it reminds her that God is in control. She continues to pray for God's wisdom as she goes through life.
DOB: Jan 27, 2007
Sharon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Deborah
Deborah and her sister and cousin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Sharon
Sharon was found abandoned as a small child.
Isaka
Isaka's mother was unable to care for him due to physical limitations, so he was placed in an orphanage that cared for young children.
Sam
Sam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Beulah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Eric
Eric and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him after the death of his parents.
Rachel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joseph
Joseph's mother was disabled, and they were internally displaced as a result of the 2007-post-presidential elections violence.
Jimmy
Jimmy and his twin sister Jane were brought to a local police station after their mother died in the Kenyatta National hospital.
Khumbo
Khumbo's mother died in 2007 when he was two years old, and his father’s whereabouts remain unknown.
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Linda
Linda’s parents died in 2006, and she and her sister, Beatrice, were then left in the care of their aunt.
Patrick
Patrick’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was mentally ill and unable to care for him.
Blessing
Blessing was abandoned by her mother, and her father remains unknown.
Denise
When Denise was one month old, she was abandoned at the Kenyatta National hospital.
Jonathan
John’s mother died in 2003 in a drowning accident, and his father died later that same year. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2005.
Deborah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned by both her parents at birth and brought to the state-run orphanage in Jos, Nigeria. Vicky was severely malnourished and in...
Kwaku
Kwaku and his older sister, Eltonia, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Spencer
Both of Spencer's parents are deceased, and he was living with his elderly, impoverished grandmother in a desperate situation.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.