My Name is
Maurin

Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother, Kelvin, went to live with their grandparents. The grandmother found it very difficult to care for the two children and asked Social Welfare for help. Maurin and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village in Tanzania in 2009. Maurin now loves to learn and is an excellent student. Maurin has high goals for her educational future, and she is capable of achieving those goals. She continues to grow stronger in the Lord as she trusts in Him.
DOB: Jul 16, 2003
Jeremiah
After the death of his parents, Jeremiah lived with a family member. Though she tried, this family member could not provide for Jeremiah's basic...
Rhoda
Rhoda's mother died when she was a small child, and her father abandoned her.
Theresia
Theresia and her twin sister, Aurelia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after their mother died of cancer.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old, and his father is unknown.
Israel
Israel’s mother was mentally incapable of caring for him, and his father is unknown.
Sandra
Sandra and her twin brother, Isaac, moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2011.
Lilian
Lilian was born a twin but was separated from her brother at birth.
Rachel
Rachel was one of thirteen children living at a farm with her grandparents.
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Negassa
Negassa's mother died in 2008, and his father abandoned him soon after her death.
Mehiret
Before coming to Rafiki, Mehiret lived with her maternal grandmother.
Clarisse
Clarisse arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Alex
Both of Alex's parents died of terminal illnesses between 2003 and 2004. He was then referred by Social Welfare to begin living in the Rafiki...
Ebenezer
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Cossam
Cossam arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 following the death of both of his parents.
Bernice
After the death of their parents, Bernice and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Myra
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Kofi
Both of Kofi’s parents died in a vehicular accident a year after his birth. He now enjoys singing hymns and doing science experiments.
Silas
Silas loves listening to stories, especially from the Rafiki Mothers and the short-term missionaries who visit the Village.
Rabecca
Rabecca’s parents both died leaving her an orphan by the age of four.
Azuma
Azuma is a very creative child. She loves science because it broadens her knowledge about how things function.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.