My Name is
Susanna

Susanna
Susanna’s mother died within a month of giving birth to her. Her father abandoned her and was then reported to have died. Susanna's elderly, impoverished grandparents struggled to care for Susanna in a very poor village, and they sought help. Susanna arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2005. Susanna would like to study journalism at a university. She says education is important because it helps us develop mentally and morally. Susanna says God has made Himself known to her personally through both His Word and the beauty of creation. She continues to pray for humility and to show God's love to others. Susanna says she has been inspired by Rafiki's founder, Rosemary Jensen, and her love and care for others.
DOB: Oct 18, 2001
Prisca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joanna
Joanna is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Janet, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Violet
After Violet’s parents died, her elderly grandfather enlisted her for household help with chores, cooking, and carrying firewood.
David
David's mother died in 2003 while giving birth, and his father's whereabouts remain unknown.
Enoch
Enoch’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father remains unknown.
Caroline
Caroline's parents died within one year of each other before she turned three years old.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joshua
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Obadiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Anjela
After being abandoned by her mother, Anjela lived with her elderly grandfather in a small mud hut.
Memory
Memory and her twin brother, Uchizi, had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown.
Kofi
Kofi’s mother suffered from psychological issues, and she was deemed mentally unfit to care for him by social welfare services.
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Naomi
Naomi and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Memory
Memory’s mother died four days after her birth.
Bethel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, James.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel and his sister, Mary, were born to a mentally-ill mother who lacked the mental and physical faculties to care for them, and their father...
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Samuel
Samuel was like many children when they first arrive at Rafiki. He arrived with no shoes, and he looked very malnourished.
Daniel
Daniel and his sister, Miriam, were placed in the care of their with their grandfather when their parents died.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry.
Estery
Both of Estery's (Esther) parents passed away from an illness when she was a young child.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.