My Name is
Michelle

Michelle
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: May 15, 2015
Mirriam
Mirriam’s father died in 2003, and her mother died two years later.
Elijah
Elijah was referred to Rafiki by an orphanage four hours away from the Village.
Naitoti
Naitoti, her sister, Nasha, and their cousin, Furaha, were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Babirye
Babirye and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
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.
Susanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jordan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Estery
Both of Estery's (Esther) parents passed away from an illness when she was a young child.
Hillary
Hillary’s mother died in childbirth, so he was brought to the AIC babies’ home in Mogogosiek—a village four hours from Rafiki Village Kenya. He had...
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003. John was then placed in the care of his grandmother, but she struggled to provide for him and was unable to...
Christine
Christine was found abandoned and was admitted to a babies' home in September 2004.
Derrick
Derrick was referred to Rafiki by a local children's ministry.
Alice
Both Alice's mother and father died in 2005, and her grandparents were also deceased.
Nahom
Nahom’s mother died when he was just nine months old, and his father died when he was twenty months old.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Enid
Enid arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Joseph
Very little is known about Joseph's early years, except that his mother died and his father abandoned him.
Lulu
Lulu was abandoned at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center when she was born.
Rachel
Both Rachel's parents died when she was two years old.
Florence
Florence arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Shadreck
After the death of his parents, Shadreck was in the care of an impoverished widow could not properly feed him.
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Grace
Grace arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.