My Name is
Samuel

Samuel
Samuel was like many children when they first arrive at Rafiki. He arrived with no shoes, and he looked very malnourished. The man who brought him, his uncle Augustine, was not much better off. He had seven children of his own. Social welfare referred Samuel to Rafiki, and his uncle was thankful for the help. Samuel arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006. Samuel now enjoys school and says education is important because it teaches people how to be civilized and get along with each other. Samuel is captivated by God's greatness. He is astounded by how God perfectly loves, protects, and keeps all His children. Samuel is devoted to knowing Jesus more, and he wants to have as much understanding of the character of God as possible.
DOB: Jan 21, 2001
Martin
Martin and his sister, Grace, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Austin
Both of Austin’s parents died when he was a young child.
Jennifer
Jennifer's parents passed away in 2004. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in March 2007.
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Judith
After Judith’s mother passed away in 2006, she was placed in the care of her grandmother, who could not provide for her basic needs.
Gladys
Gladys arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Zawady
Zawady is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2006.
Anne
Anne’s mother is physically handicapped and unable to care for her.
Blessing
Blessing and her twin brother Dalitso, had moved four times since their mother died when they were babies. They lived at two babies’ homes and then...
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
Elube
Elube’s parents died when she was a young child.
Faith
Faith’s mother died giving birth to her, and her father remains unknown.
Haggart
After both Haggart's parents died, he arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Chipo
Chipo’s parents died in a tragic bus accident. Chipo's mother was pregnant with her at the time of the bus accident, and she lived just long enough...
Grace
Grace lived with her grandmother after the death of her mother and father in 2006.
Diana
Diana and her twin brother were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Yeabsira
Yeabisira's mother left him with her brother when he was just one year old, and his father remains unknown.
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.
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Betty
Both of Betty’s parents died when she was young. Her mother contracted cerebral malaria, and her father died in a car accident.
Lazarus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Alice
Alice’s parents both died by 2005 and she was left in the care of her eighteen-year-old brother.
Lois
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.