My Name is
Ruth
Ruth
Ruth’s mother abandoned her and placed her in the care of her elderly grandmother. The family lived in poverty, and her grandmother could not provide for her granddaughter's most basic needs. They asked the Rafiki Foundation to assume Ruth's care. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in October 2010. Ruth is happy and a well-adjusted young woman. She is very friendly and ready to assist others. Ruth enjoys learning about animals in science, and she also enjoys math.
DOB: Feb 6, 2005
Frank
Frank's mother is deceased, and his father is in prison. After his father was imprisoned, Frank was left in the care of an elderly widowed neighbor.
Fiskani
Fiskani’s mother is deceased and his father abandoned him.
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned her when she was one month old.
Leah
Leah was abandoned as a baby, and her parents remain unknown.
Jack
After Jack’s mother died in 2006, he began living with his grandparents.
Metsenanat
Metsenanat was abandoned by her parents and given to her grandmother.
Pierre
Pierre and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
John
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Isaiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Godwin
Godwin lived with his unemployed aunt and uncle before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011.
Justina
Justina and her twin sister Josephine arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Issac
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old.
Jeff
Jeff’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father had died before her.
Dinah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Linda
Linda's parents died in 2004. She was living with relatives for a time, but they found they could not provide for her and her brother, Caleb.
Valante
Valante arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda 2010.
Divine
Divine arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.