My Name is
Rebecca
Rebecca
Rebecca arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010. Rebecca soon proved to be a happy and intelligent young woman. An avid reader, she can sit and read for hours and gladly reads to younger Rafiki children. Her favorite hymn is "Nothing But the Blood of Jesus." She is grateful to God for his grace and mercy. Rebecca continues to pray to grow in Christlikeness and to be diligent in her studies.
DOB: Mar 2, 2004
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006, and she and two other children were cared for by her grandmother who was 96 at the time.
Yesunesh
Yesunesh was born in Mojo, Ethiopia. Her father died when she was only a few months old, and her mother abandoned her few months after that.
Grace
Grace arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Elube
Elube’s parents died when she was a young child.
Rose
Rose was brought to a children's home in Moshi, Tanzania in 2008 by a pastor from a local church after she was abandoned by her mother.
Stanley
Both of Stanley's parents contracted a fatal illness and died when he was a young child.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Micah
Micah was just nine months old when both of his parents were killed by armed robbers.
Seth
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Martin
Martin was abandoned in May 2002 when he was two years old. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2004.
Phoebe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gift
Gift was abandoned by his parents at a young age and placed in the care of his grandmother.
Paula
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sarai
Sarai was taken in by her grandmother after the death of her father and mother.
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever.
Grace
Grace's father died in 2007 in a motor accident.
Samuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Uchizi
Uchizi and his twin sister had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown
Mwawi
Mwawi's mother died two weeks after delivering him and his twin brother.
Atsu
Atsu arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Joseph
Joseph is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2007.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.