My Name is
Rich
Rich
Rich’s mother died in 2011, and his father abandoned him. A church member cared for Rich until he was brought to the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2012. Rich is now a fun-loving young man. Rich is smart, and he continues to learn the value of hard work. As he studies the Bible in school and at home, Rich's faith continues to increase. He enjoys praying for those around him in need, and he is thankful to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania. Rich knows that God is with him and guides him in all things.
DOB: Apr 25, 2007
Mika
Mika and his brother, Bulus, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Nakato
Nakato and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare. They were very...
Alick
Alick is a double orphan. He lived with his grandparents after the death of his mother in 2007.
Biruk
Biruk’s mother was very young when she gave birth to him.
Korah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rinet
Rinet's mother was terminally ill and not expected to live much longer when it was suggested that Rinet be moved to the Rafiki Village.
Gladys
Gladys is a double orphan. Her mother died in 2006, and her father died in 2007.
Tendo
After Tendo and her two sisters, Christina and Peace, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Isaac
Isaac and his twin sister, Sandra, moved to their home at the Rafiki Village Ghana in March 2011.
Rebecca
Rebecca’s mother died and her father was killed when she was a young child.
Thomas
Both Thomas's parents died from unknown causes when he was a young child, and the people in his village were unable to provide sufficient care for...
Joseph Owen
Owen and his three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
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.
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Dativa
Dativa’s mother died of AIDs, and her father is unknown to the family.
Ruth
Ruth’s mother brought her to the nursery of a hospital for an exam and then abandoned her there.
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.
Flavia
Flavia and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Kwaku
Kwaku and his older sister, Eltonia, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Joseph
Joseph and his twin brother Josiah arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui in May 2000.
Eves
After the death of both of her parents, Eves was left in the care of an impoverished aunt who could not properly feed her.
Abigail
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.