My Name is
Valante

Valante
Valante arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010. He soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. Valante is a quiet young man who is known as a peacemaker. In school, he enjoys creating artwork and participating in speech and debate class. He especially enjoys science because he sees God’s power and intelligence in creation. Valante has seen God answer his prayers. This has strengthened his faith, and he knows that God will continue to guide him. Valante prays that God will lead him to a good career, grow him in the fruit of the Spirit, and increase his faith. Valante is a boarding student at the Rafiki Village Rwanda.
DOB: Jan 29, 2006
Christina
After Christina and her two sisters, Peace and Tendo, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Frank
Frank's mother is deceased, and his father is in prison. After his father was imprisoned, Frank was left in the care of an elderly widowed neighbor.
Fabrice
Fabrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Paul
Paul was found abandoned as a small child and taken to the local police station.
Eva
Eva and her brother Lemmy were living with their grandmother, who attempted to feed the children on a daily basis but often was not able to.
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his grandmother who could not care for him as a small child.
Mavis
Marvis has a calm and gentle demeanor that puts everyone around her at ease. She strives to exhibit the fruits of the Spirit wherever she goes.
Dereck
Dereck and his twin sister were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006. Dereck soon proved to be a kind young man with a great sense of humor.
Neema
Neema's mother died while giving birth to her, and her father abandoned her.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel and his sister, Mary, were born to a mentally-ill mother who lacked the mental and physical faculties to care for them, and their father...
Brino
Brino and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
Philip
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Luka
Luka's mother died when he was a young child, and his father abandoned him.
Atimbil
Atimbil is a kind and intelligent young man. He keeps a journal to record all the reasons he is thankful and encourages others by sharing with them.
Derrick
Derrick was referred to Rafiki by a local children's ministry.
Lemmy
Lemmy and his sister, Eva, were living with their grandmother, who did not have the means to feed them every day, before they came to Rafiki.
Francine
Francine arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Aquil
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Millicent
After the death of her father and mother, Millicent was placed in the care of her aunt.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.