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
Namukolo
Namukolo and his brother, Clifford, lived with his parents in a small rural village before their mother died in 2010. The father abandoned them and...
Obadiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nahom
Nahom’s mother died when he was just nine months old, and his father died when he was twenty months old.
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother, Malesse, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Blessing
Blessing’s father died in a motor accident before she was born, and her mother died three weeks after her birth.
Thandiwe
After her mother's death, Thandiwe was sent to live with her great grandmother.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
James
James's parents died within months of each other; he was an orphan before he was six months old.
Innocent
Both of Innocent's parents are deceased. Soon after his mother's death, Innocent was diagnosed with tuberculosis and began treatment.
Godwin
Godwin lived with his unemployed aunt and uncle before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011.
Akua
In 2007, Akua’s mother and father both died of illness a few months apart.
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Francine
Francine arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Jeremiah
Jeremiah was abandoned by both his parents at birth.
Atimbil
Atimbil and his brother and sister, Awumbe and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Grace
Grace's father died in 2007 in a motor accident.
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Rebekah
Both of Rebekah’s parents died in 2004 from unknown causes.
Grace
Grace's parents are both deceased. As an infant, she was in the care of an aunt who soon was unable to care for her properly.
Lazarus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Eric
Eric and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Rocklin
Rocklin arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.