My Name is
Nancy

Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown. Before arriving at Rafiki, Nancy lived with her elderly grandmother. Though she tried, her grandmother could not properly care for her. Nancy arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2009. Nancy shows interest in physical education classes, especially volleyball and soccer. She also enjoys language arts, literature, and reading. She is above-average academically. She conducts herself with respect, enthusiasm, care, and responsibility. Through the Rafiki Bible Study, she has learned that we should live a life that is pleasing to God by obeying what He tells us in His Word.
DOB: Oct 28, 2003
Martin
Martin and his sister, Grace, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Jeremiah
Before Jeremiah arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011, he lived at a children's home in Moshi for four years with no known family.
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Naomi
Naomi and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Samuel
Samuel was found wandering the streets of his village when he was two years old.
Aynalem
Aynalem was three years old when her mother died. Her father remains unknown.
Donatha
Donatha arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Bethlehem
Bethlehem's (Betty's) mother abandoned her to go find work and left her with a neighbor.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Sandra
Sandra and her twin brother, Isaac, moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2011.
Bethuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Selah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Obadiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Candace
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Kasayoka
Nancy's (Kasayoka) father died when she was two and her mother died eighteen months later.
Christina
After Christina and her two sisters, Peace and Tendo, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
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...
Kilonzi
Kilonzi arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya with his older brother Mumo in 2006.
Chloe
Chloe is a double orphan; both of her parents died when she was around three years old.
Alinafe
Alinafe is a double orphan who was in the care of her elderly grandparents.
Chukwudi
Chukwudi is a double orphan, having lost his father in 2005 and his mother in 2008.
Mapalo
Mapalo’s is a double orphan; her mother died in 2006, and her father died in 2008.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.