My Name is
Raphael
Raphael
After both Raphael's parents died, he was placed with an impoverished grandmother who struggled to feed herself, let alone him. Social welfare services recognized his situation and recommended that he be placed at the Rafiki Village Malawi. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007. Raphael soon proved to be a patient young man with leadership qualities. He is described as eager to learn and willing to work until he understands new ideas. Raphael understands that Jesus is more than able to forgive him for his sins and that Jesus died on the cross to redeem him.
DOB: Nov 20, 2001
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.
Paul
Paul's mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father remains unknown. Upon arriving at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2012, it was learned...
Bethel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jane Kacyeye
Jane’s parents were living in Uganda when they died from a terminal illness.
Abiba
Abiba Ruth's father abandoned her, and her mother is terminally ill.
Moses
Moses was only a year old when both of his parents died of an illness.
Pererat
Pererat’s mother died soon after he was born, and his father disappeared after the Jos riots in 2008.
Nicole
Nicole's mother abandoned her and her father remains unknown.
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
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...
Rose
Rose's mother passed away in 2005, and her father remains unknown.
Scovia
Scovia’s parents died within two years of each other, and their cause of death is unknown.
Ezekiel
Both Ezekiel's parents died within two years of each other, and Ezekiel was left to be raised by his grandmother.
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Candace
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Eve
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Enoch
Enoch’s mother worked at Rafiki. Her last request before her death was her hope that Enoch could come to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Samson
At a very young age, Samson was abandoned and taken to a local orphanage.
Faith
Faith’s mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia.
Kefas
Kafes’s father died a few months before he was born, and his mother died when he was two years old.
Olivier
Both of Olivier’s parents died—his father before he was born and his mother a year after his birth.
Diana
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.