My Name is
Theresia
Theresia
Theresia and her twin sister, Aurelia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after their mother died of cancer. Theresia is a bright girl, and she does well in most of her subjects. Theresia has also developed a love for playing basketball while at the Rafiki Village. She is very good at the sport. She knows that she must earn good grades to be eligible to play, and this motivates her. Theresia continues to grow in her faith. She knows that Christ with her, and she enjoys singing and praying to God.
DOB: Oct 15, 2006
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Shedrak
Shedrak’s mother died in 2006 and his father died shortly after.
Paul
Paul's mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father remains unknown. Upon arriving at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2012, it was learned...
Sharon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Cilicia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rachel
Rachel is a double orphan. Both of her parents died tragically in 2007 and 2008.
Daniel
Daniel and his sister, Miriam, were placed in the care of their with their grandfather when their parents died.
John
Very few details are known about John. His mother is deceased and his father is presumed to be as well.
Austin
Austin’s father died in an accident when he was cutting down a tree, and his mother died in November, 2009 from malaria.
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Adella
After the death of her parents, Adella lived with her single aunt.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Fabrice
Fabrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Hope
Hope’s father died HIV positive, and his mother was also living HIV positive and was very sick. She wanted Hope placed in a good home before she died.
Fiskani
Fiskani’s mother is deceased and his father abandoned him.
Annie
When Annie’s parents passed away, she was placed in the care of her aunt.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Elizabeth
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Susan
Susan's mother is deceased and her father is in jail.
Jamila
Jamila's mother gave her over to the care of her aunt.
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.