My Name is
Shadreck

Shadreck
After the death of his parents, Shadreck was in the care of an impoverished widow could not properly feed him. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in October 2007. Shadreck would like to become a doctor some day. He is a creative thinker who seems to grasp new concepts easily. Shadreck understands that Jesus does not give up on sinners, and he feels blessed to be in Rafiki where he has the privilege of studying the Bible each day. He is inspired by Rosemary Jensen, Rafiki's founder, and her love for the people of Africa.
DOB: Oct 4, 2002
Silas
Silas arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Francis
Francis and his sister, Pamela, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Amos
Amos was abandoned in Kitui near the police station when he was only two years old.
Austin
Both of Austin’s parents died when he was a young child.
Natnael
After his mother died, Natnael went to live with his grandmother.
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning Grace.
Abigail
Both of Abigail’s parents are deceased. Her father passed away the year she was born, and her mother died a year later.
Claude
Claude arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Centia
Centia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Wilson
Both Wilson’s mother and father died when he was a small child. Wilson and his sister were then referred to the Rafiki Village Uganda in September...
Titus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mercy
Mercy’s mother passed away some time in 2003, and her father remains unknown.
Clifford
Clifford and his brother, Namukolo, were living with their parents in the Kanakantappa Village when their mother died in 2010.
Korah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joseph
Both of Joseph’s parents are deceased. He and his sister Abigail came to Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Joseph
Joseph's mother was disabled, and they were internally displaced as a result of the 2007-post-presidential elections violence.
Martha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Alexander
Both Alex's parents are deceased. He came to live in the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2003.
Comfort
Both of Comfort’s parents died when she was a young child. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004.
Ariet
Ariet and her little brother Frankson were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Memory
Memory and her twin brother, Uchizi, had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown.
Micheal
When he was two months old, Michael was abandoned at a shop in Kampala, Uganda. Michael then came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in February of 2005.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.