My Name is
Teeweh
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Teeweh
Teeweh and his older sister Adele arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012 after their mother died and their father gave them up. Teewah hopes to be a soccer player when he grows up, and he likes to practice drawing famous soccer players after school in his free time. His favorite subject is science. Teewah's favorite hymn is "Take My Life and Let It Be" because it reminds him that his life is meant for God.
DOB: Sep 3, 2007
Queenie
Queenie arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Claude
Claude arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Judith
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Paul
Paul's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Isaac, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012.
Racheal
After both her parents died, Racheal lived in her grandfather's care.
Jackson
Jackson arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Tapiwa
When Tapiwa and her three sisters lost their parents in 2010, they were placed in the care of their widowed grandmother.
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Isaiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Priscilla
Priscilla and her sister, Erica, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
Thandiwe
After her mother's death, Thandiwe was sent to live with her great grandmother.
Frankson
Frankson and his older sister, Ariet, were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Moses
Both of Moses's died when he was a young child.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Francis
Francis and his sister, Pamela, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
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...
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever.
Derrick
Derrick was referred to Rafiki by a local children's ministry.
Alexander
After his parents died, Alexander was placed in the care of a man in his village.
Kofi
Kofi’s mother suffered from psychological issues, and she was deemed mentally unfit to care for him by social welfare services.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.