My Name is
Samuel

Samuel
Samuel’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005. Samuel and his brother Jeff then began living with their nineteen-year-old sister, but she was unable to care for them. The boys arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia in 2007 and soon flourished in the security and love of their new home. Samuel studies hard and is often on the honor roll. He believes Jesus is the eternal Son of God who was sent to save him from his sins and give him new life. Samuel knows that God gave him a new heart, saved him, and made him His child, because he asked God to save him and trusts Him to keep His promise. Samuel is learning to find answers in the Bible to the deep questions he has regarding his identity and purpose in life.
DOB: May 22, 2001
Aquil
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Margaret
After Margaret's parents died, she lived with her impoverished grandmother who had little means to provide for her and her sister, Grace.
Myra
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Diana
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Daniel
Daniel and his sister, Miriam, were placed in the care of their with their grandfather when their parents died.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Gladys
Gladys is a double orphan. Her mother died in 2006, and her father died in 2007.
Abraham
Abraham's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Wesen, eighteen months later.
Munyithya
Munyithya's father died four months after he was born, and his mother followed eighteen months later before his second birthday.
Carol
Carol lived with her grandmother after her mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for her, and her father abandoned the family when she...
Luke
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ben
Ben’s mother died in November 2006, and his father sometime before that.
Sam
Sam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
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.
Saul
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ezekiel
Both Ezekiel's parents died within two years of each other, and Ezekiel was left to be raised by his grandmother.
Janjay
Janjay’s mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died shortly after in a car accident.
Frank
After the death of his parents, Frank's grandmother took care of him and his brother, James.
Janvier
Janvier arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Clarisse
Clarisse arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
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...
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.