My Name is
Sharon
Sharon
Sharon was found abandoned as a small child. Little is known about her background and family. After investigating the situation, a social welfare officer approved for Sharon to be moved to the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2003. Sharon is now a quiet, thoughtful young woman with a quick and ready smile. She has excelled in her class work, particularly math and science, and she is very competitive. Sharon graduated from the Rafiki School in 2019 and is attending university on Rafiki Scholarship. She is grateful that she is a coheir with Christ. She desires to pursue holiness by maintaining a consistent quiet time with God. Sharon is committed to serving God forever.
DOB: Jul 9, 2000
Emmanuel
Little is known about Emmanuel's life before coming to the Rafiki Village Rwanda.
Dumisani
After the death of his parents, Dumisani arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Abraham
Abraham’s mother died when he was just nine months old.
Leonard
Leonard is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Boniface, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Ruth
Ruth’s mother died in September 2002, and her father is unknown.
Hope
Hope was placed in the care of her aunt and uncle after the death of her parents.
Aquila
Aquila and his sister Priscilla literally lost their father in Jan 2000, when he went missing after riots broke out near their village. Considered...
George
George's mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Selah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Stella
Stella was abandoned by her mother at Kakamega Provincial General Hospital.
Joshua
Both of Joshua’s parents are deceased. His father died from a brief illness in 2004, and his mother died when Joshua was two years old.
Adella
After the death of her parents, Adella lived with her single aunt.
Tendo
After Tendo and her two sisters, Christina and Peace, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Esau
Esau's mother died while delivering his younger brother, Isaac, and his father died the next year in a car accident.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Munyithya
Munyithya's father died four months after he was born, and his mother followed eighteen months later before his second birthday.
Edda
Orphaned at birth, Edda lived with her grandparents when she was a small child.
Elube
Elube’s parents died when she was a young child.
Judith
Judith's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002. She and her brother Josiah came to the Village in 2004.
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both of his parents at birth and was being cared for by a state-run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three,...
Pierre
Pierre and his brother were orphaned after both their parents died of AIDS.
Luka
Luka's mother died when he was a young child, and his father abandoned him.
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.