My Name is
Mary

Mary
Mary was referred to the Rafiki Village Kenya by an orphanage about four hours away. She came to Rafiki in October 2004. Mary likes her studies, and she excels in math, chemistry, and English. Mary also participates in extra-curricular activities, such as playing table tennis. It has taught her how to develop good tactics to win and good sportsmanship. She is cooperative, always anxious to please, and eager to improve herself. She strives to serve the Lord in everything she does.
DOB: Jan 26, 2002
Sandra
Sandra and her two cousins arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Abigail
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gloria
Gloria and her twin sister Olivia were abandoned and given to a paternal uncle when their father died.
Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Mary
Mary is a polite and respectful young lady. She hopes to become a journalist and use that platform to tell others about God.
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Scovia
Scovia’s parents died within two years of each other, and their cause of death is unknown.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Isaac
Isaac's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Paul, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012. The boys' mother passed...
Gabriela
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Daniel
Daniel and his sister, Miriam, were placed in the care of their with their grandfather when their parents died.
Christina
After Christina and her two sisters, Peace and Tendo, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Marie
Marie Jeanne arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Juliet
Juliet Faith was found abandoned in a remote area outside of Nairobi, Kenya.
Fred
Fred and his two brothers Champ and George were placed in the care of an elderly woman because their mother, who had physical disabilities, could...
Hana
Hana’s mother died in 2008, and her father remains unknown.
Nicodemus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Lucia
Lucia’s mother died shortly after she gave birth to her and there were no records of her father or other relatives.
Umu
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Simon
When just an infant, Simon was found abandoned near a hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
Ndidi
Ndidi lost her father in 2005 and her mother in 2008.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.