My Name is
Nikolas

Nikolas
After both Nikolas's parents died when he was a young child, his ailing grandmother referred him to the Rafiki Foundation. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2009. He says he thinks education is about more than just pursuing a career; it shows in how we relate to people and in how we support our local community. Nikolas loves the fact that Scripture continually shows him that Christians no longer live under the law but under grace. He desires to be a young man who looks like Jesus in the way he treats others.
DOB: Mar 27, 2003
Gabriel
Gabriel's father abandoned the family and his mother did not recover from the C-section she had when he was born. Since that time he lived with...
Leticia
Leticia and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2012.
Benjamin
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Irene
Irene and her sister were abandoned by their parents as young children. They lived on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Susanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Florence
Florence arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Aynalem
Aynalem was three years old when her mother died. Her father remains unknown.
Gabriel
After Gabriel's father died in 2006, his ailing mother contacted social welfare services to intervene in her son's life.
Michael
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Natnael
After his mother died, Natnael went to live with his grandmother.
Furahini
Furahini and her sister, Scolastika, lived with their grandmother after their mother disappeared.
Tizeta
Tizeta was abandoned by her mother, and her father is unknown.
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jummai
Both Jummai's parents died within two years of each other, and Jummai and her brother Ezekiel were left to be raised by her grandmother.
Ruth
After the death of their parents, Ruth and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
James
After the death of his parents, James's grandmother took care of him and his brother, Frank.
Linda
Linda's parents died in 2004. She was living with relatives for a time, but they found they could not provide for her and her brother, Caleb.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was cared for by a pastor of a small Baptist church and his wife after his mother died.
Judith
Judith's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002. She and her brother Josiah came to the Village in 2004.
Meseret
Social Welfare approached the Rafiki Foundation regarding Meseret's care. She is a double orphan: both of her parents died of an illness.
Charity
Both Charity's parents were killed during riots in Jos, Nigeria. She came to live at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2003.
Timothy
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Tendo
After Tendo and her two sisters, Christina and Peace, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.