My Name is
Michael

Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown. He and his two siblings Naomi and John had been in the care of their blind, impoverished grandmother before coming to the Rafiki Village. Michael and his siblings arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya 2009. He enjoys studying mathematics and Kiswahili, a traditional language. He is quiet and honest, and he regularly volunteers in class. He continues to pray to be diligent in his studies and his reading of God's Word.
DOB: Mar 23, 2006
Neema
Neema's mother died while giving birth to her, and her father abandoned her.
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
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...
Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her brother, Clinton, were placed in the care of their grandparents.
Michael
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Smart
Smart’s mother died two weeks after his birth, and his father died soon after her.
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dativa
Dativa and her half sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Paul
Paul was brought to a local children’s home in 1999 by a pastor.
Phineas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Evess
After the death of both of her parents, Evess was left in the care of an impoverished aunt who could not properly feed her.
Dennis
Dennis arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
David
David's mother died in 2003 while giving birth, and his father's whereabouts remain unknown.
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...
Beniyam
Beniyam was born in Mojo. His mother died when he was three years old, and his father abandoned him, giving him to his maternal grandparents.
Clifford
Clifford and his brother, Namukolo, were living with their parents in the Kanakantappa Village when their mother died in 2010.
Nicodemus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Martha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aneth
After the death of her parents, Aneth lived with her single aunt.
Furahini
Furahini and her sister, Scolastika, lived with their grandmother after their mother disappeared.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.