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
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007, and his father died some years before that.
Nancy
Both of Nancy's parents died when she was a young child
Anne
Anne’s mother is physically handicapped and unable to care for her.
Jonah
Jonah’s father died when he was just a year old, and his mother died soon after.
Jean de Dieu
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda, Jean lived with a couple who were neighbors with his mother before she died in November 2012 in a...
Denis
After the death of his mother, Denis was sent to the Nest, an organization funded by Catholic ministries before arriving at the Rafiki Village in...
Sean
Sean’s mother abandoned him after his father was put in prison.
Betty
Both of Betty’s parents died when she was young. Her mother contracted cerebral malaria, and her father died in a car accident.
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned when she was just one week old.
Sam
An aunt cared for Sam after his mother and father died of an illness in 2010.
Peter
Both Peter's parents abandoned him when he was a young child.
Naomi
Naomi’s mother abandoned her, and her father is unknown. She and her two siblings, John and Michael, were in the care of their blind grandmother...
Hope
Hope was placed in the care of her aunt and uncle after the death of her parents.
Nahom
Nahom’s mother died when he was just nine months old, and his father died when he was twenty months old.
Frank
Frank’s father was killed in a car accident, and his mother died of an illness when he was a young child.
Theresia
Theresia and her twin sister, Aurelia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after their mother died of cancer.
John
John has charm and charisma; he is a happy boy and has a quick smile in spite of his difficult start in life.
Miriam
Miriam and her younger brother, Daniel, were placed with their grandfather after their parents died.
Blessing
Blessing lost her father before she was born, and her mother ran away in 2000 and was returned to the village dead two years later.
Joseph
Very little is known about Joseph's early years, except that his mother died and his father abandoned him.
Pererat
Pererat’s mother died soon after he was born, and his father disappeared after the Jos riots in 2008.
Uchizi
Uchizi and his twin sister had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.