My Name is
Mercy
Mercy
After both Mercy's parents died, she was placed in the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Now, Mercy has graduated from the Rafiki School. She is now attending university on scholarship. She studies law at the University of Jos. While at the Village, Mercy enjoyed reading and playing basketball. She says that God has been the greatest friend that she has ever had. She marvels at how God has revealed Himself in nature and His Word, and she is learning to see the hand of God in everything around her.
DOB: May 7, 1999
Nahum
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Elikana
Elikana is a double orphan. She and her sister Mercy were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let alone...
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
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.
Rachel
Both Rachel's parents died when she was two years old.
David
David’s mother died in 2007, and his father died in 2008. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Silas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Andrew
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2008, Andrew was a double orphan living with his impoverished aunt who only survived off the...
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Daniel
Daniel and his sister, Miriam, were placed in the care of their with their grandfather when their parents died.
Dorcas
Dorcas was abandoned by both her parents at birth.
Malesse
Malesse and his twin sister, Zelalem, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Azuma
Azuma and her brothers, Atimbil and Awumbe, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Blaze
Blaze arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Gabriela
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
John’s mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Enid
Enid arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Tiwonge
Tiwonge first arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Isaiah
Isaiah was placed into his grandparents care of following the death of his parents.
Zerubabel
After Zerubabel's father died and his mother abandoned him, he was placed in the care of a widow.
Hope
Hope and her half sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Beatrice
Beatrice’s parents died of a terminal illness shortly after she was born, and she was put in the care of her grandmother.
Mara
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.