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
Naomi
Naomi and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Grace
Grace arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Michelle
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
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.
Claire
Claire arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Brighton
Brighton came to the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 along with his older brother Petros after the death of their parents.
Mary
Mary was referred to the Rafiki Village Kenya by an orphanage about four hours away. She came to Rafiki in October 2004.
Rinet
Rinet's mother was terminally ill and not expected to live much longer when it was suggested that Rinet be moved to the Rafiki Village.
Olivia
Olivia and her twin sister, Gloria, were placed in the care of their uncle after their father died.
Gabriel
Gabriel’s mother died in an accident, and his father died of complications from malaria.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
Biruk
Biruk’s mother was very young when she gave birth to him.
Yordanos
After their father died and their mother abandoned them, Yordanos and her younger brother lived with their grandmother. Their grandmother could not...
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Diana
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Centia
Centia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Rabecca
Rabecca’s parents both died leaving her an orphan by the age of four.
Nathan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Teeweh
Teeweh and his older sister Adele arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012 after their mother died and their father gave them up.
Rebecca
Rebecca's mother abandoned her shortly after giving birth to her.
Michael
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.