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
James
After the death of his parents, James's grandmother took care of him and his brother, Frank.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Nasha
Nasha, her sister, and cousin were in their grandmother's care after her father's death.
Sharon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Janvier
Janvier arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Diana
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jamesetta
Jamesetta, her sister, Amelia, and her brother, Jimmy, arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012.
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.
Stella
Stella was abandoned by her mother at Kakamega Provincial General Hospital.
Dorcas
Dorcas was abandoned by both her parents at birth.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Sumaya
Sumaya's father died when she was a young child, and her mother started living with another man who was unwilling to care for her.
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness.
Winston
Both of Winston’s parents are deceased.
Shadreck
After the death of his parents, Shadreck was in the care of an impoverished widow could not properly feed him.
Fiskani
Fiskani’s mother is deceased and his father abandoned him.
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Marie
Marie and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Micah
Micah was just nine months old when both of his parents were killed by armed robbers.
Mirriam
Mirriam’s father died in 2003, and her mother died two years later.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.