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
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.
Blessing
Blessing’s father died in a motor accident before she was born, and her mother died three weeks after her birth.
Agrippa
Agrippa’s mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died before her.
Violet
Violet's mother died in childbirth, and her father died just a year later.
Josephine
Josephine’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Theresa
Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.
Yeabsira
Not much is known about Yeabsira’s life before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia.
Gideon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Chukwudi
Chukwudi is a double orphan, having lost his father in 2005 and his mother in 2008.
Shedrak
Shedrak’s mother died in 2006 and his father died shortly after.
Israel
Israel’s mother was mentally incapable of caring for him, and his father is unknown.
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Winston
Both of Winston’s parents are deceased.
Joshua
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Isaiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Pererat
Pererat’s mother died soon after he was born, and his father disappeared after the Jos riots in 2008.
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...
Leah
Leah was abandoned as a baby, and her parents remain unknown.
Yordanos
After their father died and their mother abandoned them, Yordanos and her younger brother lived with their grandmother. Their grandmother could not...
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sandra
Sandra and her twin brother, Isaac, moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2011.
Aynalem
Aynalem was three years old when her mother died. Her father remains unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.