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
Aidah
Aida was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by the Katherine Hines Ministries, a local orphanage in Kampala.
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Jacob
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Zachariah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jordan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Tonny
Tonny’s mother abandoned him immediately after birth.
Grace
Grace's parents are both deceased. As an infant, she was in the care of an aunt who soon was unable to care for her properly.
Gabriel
After Gabriel's father died in 2006, his ailing mother contacted social welfare services to intervene in her son's life.
Peter
Both of Peter’s parents were killed during religious riots that occurred in 2004 in a village about two hours away from Jos, Nigeria.
Adam
Adam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Ariet
Ariet and her little brother Frankson were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Uchizi
Uchizi and his twin sister had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown
Abigail
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Caleb
Caleb’s mother was placed in prison when he was young child, and his father is unknown.
Jehoshaphat
Both of Jehosephat’s parents died of a fatal illness when he was a young child.
Paul
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Patrick
After Patrick’s mother and father died, he went to live with his uncle for a time.
Levi
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mathias
Mathias’s mother died a year after his father died and Mathias and his brother were given to an uncle for care.
Mercy
Mercy is a double orphan. She and and her sister Elikana were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let...
Felistas
Felistas’ mother died shortly after giving birth to her sister, Gracious, and their father abandoned them.
Deborah
Deborah and her sister and cousin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.