My Name is
Ruth

Ruth
After the death of their parents, Ruth and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt. Though she tried, she was unable to care for the girls' basic needs. She was unable to feed and care for the girls and going to school was out of the question. Ruth and her sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2011. Ruth enjoys studying math. She hopes to be an artist one day. Ruth often contemplates on Psalm 23:1 because it tells her that if the Lord is on her side, she shall not worry.
DOB: Jan 3, 2009
Diane
Diane arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Nikolas
After both Nikolas's parents died when he was a young child, his ailing grandmother referred him to the Rafiki Foundation. He arrived at the Rafiki...
Theresa
Theresa was abandoned at seven months old by her mother at a shop in downtown Monrovia, Liberia.
Joshua
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Christopher
Christopher lost both of his parents between 2002 and 2003.
Moses
Social Services recommended that Moses be removed from his home because his parents could not take care of him properly.
Anna
Anna arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006, a year after both her parents died.
Marcel
Marcel arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
David
David's mother died in 2003 while giving birth, and his father's whereabouts remain unknown.
Paul
Paul’s father died during the religious riots that occurred in Jos, Nigeria in 2001.
James
After the death of his parents, James's grandmother took care of him and his brother, Frank.
George
After George’s mother and father died, he was placed in the care of his sixteen-year-old aunt.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel (Kobi) arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Agnes
Agnes was abandoned by her family and was referred to the Rafiki Village Uganda at two years of age.
Mitchiel
Mitchiel was brought to the Nairobi Children’s Home in May 2001 by the local police after her mentally ill mother was placed in a psychiatric...
Diana
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Christabel
After both of Christabel’s parents died of illness, she and her brother Jehosephat arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008.
Jerome
Jerome was abandoned at a local hospital in Kampala, Uganda in 2005.
Patience
Patience’s father was a soldier who died before she turned three.
Sarah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Silas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Lillian
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.