My Name is
Mary
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or subsidies. They receive an excellent classical Christian education, daily Bible study, two nutritious meals per day, and basic school supplies. For a child in Africa, attending school means more than ABCs or 123s; it means a hope for a future – spiritually and materially. Your support makes that hope possible for these day students, their families, and their communities. We have given each day student an alias for the privacy and protection of the child and his/her family. If you sponsor a day student, you will receive some additional information about the child and will communicate with the child using the assigned alias.
DOB: Jan 22, 2011
Ben
Before arriving at the Rafiki village, Ben and his five siblings lived with their grandmother, along with her six children, in a one-room house.
Rebecca
Rebecca arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Gritty
After both of Gritty's parents died, she arrived at Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Joseph
Joseph and his twin brother Josiah arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui in May 2000.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned him in 2008.
Clifford
Clifford and his brother, Namukolo, were living with their parents in the Kanakantappa Village when their mother died in 2010.
Aida
Aida was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by the Katherine Hines Ministries, a local orphanage in Kampala.
Christina
Christina arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2008 shortly after her mother's death.
Patrick
After Patrick’s mother and father died, he went to live with his uncle for a time.
Tabitha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Marie
Marie is a double orphan. Her father died in 2006 of an illness, and her mother died a year later also from an illness.
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Joanna
Joanna is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Janet, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Julie
Following the death of their parents, Julie and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him after the death of his parents.
Leah
Leah has been an orphan since 2003.
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her.
David
David was abandoned as a newborn at a local hospital and discovered by the night staff.
Dorcas
Dorcas was abandoned by both her parents at birth.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died two days after he was born.
Pamela
Pamela and her brother, Francis, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Felistas
Felistas’ mother died shortly after giving birth to her sister, Gracious, and their father abandoned them.
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.