My Name is
Uchizi
Uchizi
Uchizi and his twin sister had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown. The twins arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2006. Uchizi has grown to be a pleasant young man. His favorite subject is math, but he enjoys all subjects. Uchizi enjoys Romans 12 and learning about the marks of a Christian. He seeks to imitate Jesus by loving his neighbors.
DOB: Apr 22, 2005
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...
Gabriela
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ezekiel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mehiret
Before coming to Rafiki, Mehiret lived with her maternal grandmother.
Tiwonge
Tiwonge first arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Shadreck
After the death of his parents, Shadreck was in the care of an impoverished widow could not properly feed him.
Mika
Mika and his brother, Bulus, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Uwase
Uwase arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
Gadissa
Gadissa, along with his sister Feyise, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Amelia
Amelia and her sister, Jamesetta, and brother, Jimmy, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Francisca
Francisca’s mother died after a short illness when Francisca was one year old. Her father died six months later.
Mariah
After both Maria's parents died, she was left in the care of her impoverished grandmother who could not adequately care for her.
Korah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Neema
After the death of her mother and father, Neema lived with her elderly grandmother and adult sister.
Christopher
Christopher lost both of his parents between 2002 and 2003.
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Jehu
Jehu's mother died of yellow fever and his father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Ezekiel
Both Ezekiel's parents died within two years of each other, and Ezekiel was left to be raised by his grandmother.
Mathew
Korah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Patience
Patience was abandoned by her mother in 2005, and her father cared for her until he died in 2008.
Rahab
Rahab’s mother was unable to care for her and her father remains unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.