My Name is
Ruth

Ruth
Both of Ruth's parents are deceased. She and her brother Christopher lived with their grandmother before she sought help from social welfare services to care for the children. Ruth and Christopher arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2006. Ruth now excels in class discussion, class work, and language arts. She has come to know more about Jesus by reading the Bible, and she trusts Jesus as her personal Lord and Savior. Ruth understands that God has a specific plan and purpose for His people.
DOB: May 27, 2003
Simon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nancy
Nancy’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandparents shortly after her birth.
Luka
Luka's mother died when he was a young child, and his father abandoned him.
Eltonia
Eltonia and her younger brother, Kwaku, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Jordan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father had died before her.
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother, Kelvin, went to live with their grandparents.
Moses
Moses was left as an orphan after his mother was killed in a traffic accident. His father remains unknown.
Patricia
Patricia's early life was filled with tragedy; she never knew either of her parents.
Martha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jennifer
Jennifer's parents died in 2005.
Hope
Hope’s father died HIV positive, and his mother was also living HIV positive and was very sick. She wanted Hope placed in a good home before she died.
Blessing
Blessing was abandoned by her mother, and her father remains unknown.
Susan
Susan's mother is deceased and her father is in jail.
Daniel
Daniel and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Chloe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Faustin
Faustin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Samson
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Enoch
Enoch’s father died in 2008, and his mother died the following year.
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Christina
Christina arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2008 shortly after her mother's death.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.