My Name is
Samuel
Samuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or subsidies. They receive an excellent classical Christian education, daily Bible study, two nutritious meals per day, and basic school supplies. For a child in Africa, attending school means more than ABCs or 123s; it means a hope for a future – spiritually and materially. Your support makes that hope possible for these day students, their families, and their communities. We have given each day student an alias for the privacy and protection of the child and his/her family. If you sponsor a day student, you will receive some additional information about the child and will communicate with the child using the assigned alias.
DOB: Sep 19, 2008
Jane
Before coming to Rafiki, Jane lived with her mother. Due to her mental condition, Jane's mother could not properly care for her.
James
James’s father died HIV+, and his mother also had HIV.
Albert
After the death of both of his parents, Albert arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Emmanuel
Both Emmanuel's parents abandoned him when he was a small child.
Ruth
Both of Ruth's parents are deceased. She and her brother Christopher lived with their grandmother before she sought help from social welfare...
Clarisse
Clarisse arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Esther
Esther and her sister, Celestina, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was cared for by a pastor of a small Baptist church and his wife after his mother died.
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...
Christabel
After both of Christabel’s parents died of illness, she and her brother Jehosephat arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008.
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.
Justina
Justina and her twin sister Josephine arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Janjay
Janjay’s mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died shortly after in a car accident.
Sharon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mehiret
Before coming to Rafiki, Mehiret lived with her maternal grandmother.
Jennifer
Jennifer and her twin sisters lived with their aunt and her family after the death of their parents.
Ashenofi
Both Ashenofi's parents died within a year of each other. He lived with an aunt after their deaths. However, his aunt was unable to properly care...
Francisca
Francisca’s mother died after a short illness when Francisca was one year old. Her father died six months later.
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Sibongile
Sibongile’s mother was impoverished and unable to care for her or her sister Siphwe.
Claude
Claude arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Kyle
Kyle was abandoned by his father shortly after he was born.
Gabriel
After Gabriel's father died in 2006, his ailing mother contacted social welfare services to intervene in her son's life.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.