My Name is
Tracy
Tracy
Both Tracy's (Tamar's) parents died of illness in 2002. She and her brother, Timothy, arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2005. Tamar soon enjoyed going to the Rafiki School with the rest of her friends. Tamar says that God has made Himself known to her personally through His Word and His love and kindness. She trusts God because He is her creator, and she prays to be a blessing to those around her.
DOB: Dec 25, 2002
Charles
After the death of their father, Charles and his brother, Denis, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small, one-room house.
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Christina
Christina arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2008 shortly after her mother's death.
Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.
Adam
Adam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Lucy
After Lucy's parents died in 2011, she lived with an unemployed uncle and his children until Social Welfare contacted the Rafiki Foundation in 2012...
Moses
Social Services recommended that Moses be removed from his home because his parents could not take care of him properly.
Francesca
Francesca's mentally ill mother often left her and her two siblings unattended for days at a time.
Hana
Hana’s mother died in 2008, and her father remains unknown.
Gideon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ndidi
Ndidi lost her father in 2005 and her mother in 2008.
Israel
Israel’s mother was mentally incapable of caring for him, and his father is unknown.
Shedrak
Shedrak’s mother died in 2006 and his father died shortly after.
Isaka
Isaka's mother was unable to care for him due to physical limitations, so he was placed in an orphanage that cared for young children.
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.
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Anne
Anne’s mother is physically handicapped and unable to care for her.
Grace
Grace's father died in 2007 in a motor accident.
Simon
When just an infant, Simon was found abandoned near a hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
Mercy
After both Mercy's parents died, she was placed in the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Now, Mercy has graduated from the Rafiki School.
James
James’s father died HIV+, and his mother also had HIV.
Kyle
Kyle was abandoned by his father shortly after he was born.
Furahini
Furahini and her sister, Scolastika, lived with their grandmother after their mother disappeared.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.