My Name is
Mwaka
Mwaka
Mwaka’s aunt cared for her after the death of her parents. Her widowed aunt was caring for six people in her home at the time. Though she tried, Mwaka's aunt could not properly provide for her basic needs and sought help. Mwaka arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia in 2010. Mwaka enjoys studying the human body in biology. Science and grammar are her strongest subjects. Mwaka expresses herself well and is not afraid to ask questions. She holds a leadership position in school and enjoys singing in the choir. She found reading and studying 1 and 2 Timothy very helpful and has gleaned much from Paul's words to Timothy.
DOB: Apr 25, 2006
Alice
Alice was abandoned and given to her grandmother when she was only five months old.
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Marcel
Marcel was found wandering alone near a church close to the Burundi border.
Ashenofi
Both Ashenofi's parents died within a year of each other. He lived with an aunt after their deaths. However, his aunt was unable to properly care...
Lilian
Lilian was born a twin but was separated from her brother at birth.
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother, Kelvin, went to live with their grandparents.
Patience
Patience’s mother died a month after she was born. Her father was killed a year later in a farming accident.
Jennifer
Jennifer's parents died in 2005.
Elube
Elube’s parents died when she was a young child.
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Jane Kacyeye
Jane’s parents were living in Uganda when they died from a terminal illness.
Rachel Mwila
Rachel was one of thirteen children living at a farm with her grandparents.
Yordanos
After their father died and their mother abandoned them, Yordanos and her younger brother lived with their grandmother. Their grandmother could not...
Jessica
Jessica was found abandoned as an infant at a community school on September 14, 2009 and was taken to the police station.
Moses
Moses was removed from his mother in January 2003 for his protection.
Sophie
Sophie was found abandoned and malnourished as young child.
Rabson
Rabson and his brother, Vincent, lived with their grandmother after their parents died in 2011.
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died when he was nine months old, and his father is unknown.
Augustine
Augustine arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Paul
Paul had no one to care for him after the death of his father in 2006.
Judith
Judith’s mother passed away when she was young, and she was then cared for by various relatives before arriving at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2004.
Shadreck
After the death of his parents, Shadreck was in the care of an impoverished widow could not properly feed him.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.