My Name is
Tizeta

Tizeta
Tizeta was abandoned by her mother, and her father is unknown. She lived with her grandparents for a time before arriving at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia in 2010. Her grandparents were elderly and unemployed, and they sought help from social services. They referred the family to the Rafiki Foundation. Tizeta's favorite hymn is "O The Deep, Deep Love of Jesus" because it reminds her that God's love for her is everlasting. Through studying God's Word, she has learned to pray for others and obey God's commands.
DOB: Oct 14, 2004
Anna
Anna was left on a porch in Monrovia, Liberia when she was eighteen months old.
Julius
Julius’s mother abandoned him after his father died. He came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in March 2008.
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Grace
Grace's parents died within one year of each other, and she was then put in the care of a maternal aunt.
Diane
Diane arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Rachael
Rachael is a bright and bubbly young woman. Her favorite part of each day is studying God's Word every morning.
Pierre
Pierre and his brother first arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Bernice
Bernice was in the care of her paternal uncle before arriving at the Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Christina
Christina arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2008 shortly after her mother's death.
Naomi
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Beniyam
Beniyam was born in Mojo. His mother died when he was three years old, and his father abandoned him, giving him to his maternal grandparents.
Saul
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Phineas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nehemiah
Both Nehemiah’s mother and father are deceased.
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Samuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Carol
Carol lived with her grandmother after her mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for her, and her father abandoned the family when she...
Catherine
Catherine’s mother died in 2005, and her father committed suicide in 2008.
Rebecca
Rebecca’s mother died and her father was killed when she was a young child.
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003, and her mother then died 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...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.