My Name is
Reuben
Reuben
Reuben’s mother died in 2007, and his father is unknown. After his mother's death, he was placed in the care of his elderly, impoverished grandparents. Though they tried, they could not provide for his basic needs. Reuben arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2009. Reuben is an overall excellent student. When he finishes school, he wants to become a civil engineer. He says God is carving a place in his mind to love learning. Reuben is thankful to serve a God who is faithful and never leaves him.
DOB: Apr 20, 2006
Stanley
Both of Stanley's parents contracted a fatal illness and died when he was a young child.
Cilicia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mara
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ruth
Ruth was placed in the care of her elderly grandparents after her own parents died.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father disappeared after her mother's death.
Alex
Alex and his sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Samuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Hannah
Hannah’s mother abandoned her shortly after she was born.
Innocent
Both of Innocent's parents are deceased. Soon after his mother's death, Innocent was diagnosed with tuberculosis and began treatment.
Gelane
Gelane’s parents died two years apart from one another.
Rena
Rena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister, Serena.
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Sibongile
Sibongile’s mother was impoverished and unable to care for her or her sister Siphwe.
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Loveness
Loveness is a double orphan; her mother died just ten months after she was born, and her father died some time before that.
Jennifer
Jennifer's parents passed away in 2004. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in March 2007.
Christabel
After both of Christabel’s parents died of illness, she and her brother Jehosephat arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008.
Yamikani
Yamikani lost her father in 2004, and her mother was also dying of an illness at this time.
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
Titus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Isaac
Isaac’s Father died in 2006 from an illness, and his mother died giving birth to him.
Augustine
Augustine, his twin brother Augustus, and older brother Gideon, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.