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
Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown.
Mary
Mary was placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
Ellen
Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November of 2010.
Khumbo
Khumbo's mother died in 2007 when he was two years old, and his father’s whereabouts remain unknown.
Racheal
Racheal's birth mother has never been located. Her father took another wife, abandoned Racheal, and never returned. She arrived at the Rafiki...
Dennis
Dennis arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Stephena
Stephena's father was killed by lightning and her mother died, along with Stephena's twin, while giving birth.
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emmanuel
Both Emmanuel's parents abandoned him when he was a small child.
Cilicia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jeremiah
After the death of his parents, Jeremiah lived with a family member. Though she tried, this family member could not provide for Jeremiah's basic...
Serge
Serge (Bebito) arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Lucy
After Lucy's parents died in 2011, she lived with an unemployed uncle and his children until Social Welfare contacted the Rafiki Foundation in 2012...
Leticia
Leticia and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2012.
Tapiwa
When Tapiwa and her three sisters lost their parents in 2010, they were placed in the care of their widowed grandmother.
Grace
Grace arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Mary
Mary is a polite and respectful young lady. She hopes to become a journalist and use that platform to tell others about God.
Charles
After the death of their father, Charles and his brother, Denis, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small, one-room house.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Elizabeth
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Gabriela
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Champ
Champ's mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.