My Name is
Rachel

Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness. After they died, she lived with her grandmother along with three other siblings. Rachel's grandmother could not afford to send her to school and struggled to care for all the children. She asked if Rafiki could care for Rachel. Rachel arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011. Rachel is now an excellent student. She is a great reader, which helps her in all her other subjects. Rachel also enjoys playing basketball, and it is fun for others to watch her play. She is quick and dribbles like a professional, and she is good at making baskets despite her short stature. As she learns new things about God and reads her Bible, Rachel continues to grow strong in her faith. She enjoys worshiping God and singing hymns.
DOB: Aug 8, 2007
Leah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rachel
Rachel was one of thirteen children living at a farm with her grandparents.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Centia
Centia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Sara
Sara's mother abandoned her when she was an infant, and her father remains unknown.
Blessing
Blessing was abandoned by her mother, and her father remains unknown.
Naitoti
Naitoti, her sister, Nasha, and their cousin, Furaha, were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Albert
After the death of both of his parents, Albert arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Dorcas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Tiwonge
Tiwonge first arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Rachel
Both Rachel's parents died when she was two years old.
Agnes
Agnes was abandoned by her family and was referred to the Rafiki Village Uganda at two years of age.
Rachel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Micheal
When he was two months old, Michael was abandoned at a shop in Kampala, Uganda. Michael then came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in February of 2005.
Serge
Serge (Bebito) arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Charity
Both of Charity's parents were killed during riots in Jos, Nigeria.
Olivier
Olivier arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Theresia
Theresia and her twin sister, Aurelia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after their mother died of cancer.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
Blessed
Blessed’s mother abandoned her four days after her birth at the Kakamega Provincial General Hospital.
Sam
Sam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Haggart
After both Haggart's parents died, he arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.