My Name is
Valante
Valante
The mother of Valante died of complications while giving birth to him. His father died shortly thereafter. An aunt was called to take care of Valante. She was unable to continue caring for Valante as she has four children of her own. After looking into the situation, Social Welfare gave approval for Valante to be placed at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in May 2010. He has thrived very well in his new environment. Valante is a quiet little boy, often a peacemaker, and loves art in school.
DOB: Jan 29, 2006
Zawady
Zawady is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2006. He was living with his aunt Celvin. Celvin had five other children to support and no...
Stanley
Both parents contracted a fatal illness. Stanley’s mother has already passed away and his father does not have long to live. Stanley has been...
Gloria
Gloria and her twin sister Olivia were abandoned and given to a paternal uncle when their father died. Their uncle became unable to care for them....
Nasha
Nasha was in the care of her grandmother along with her sister and cousin after the death of their fathers. Her mother died in childbirth. They are...
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism. After the deaths of their parents in...

Judith
Judith's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002. Living relations were having great difficulty caring for his physical, spiritual and other...
Ariet
Ariet and her little brother, Frankson, were orphaned when their mother died in 2009. Their father abandoned them and the children moved in with...
Patrick
After Patrick’s mother and father died he went to live with his uncle. This uncle had the responsibility of taking care of eleven children. He...
Robert
Robert’s father admitted him to the hospital due to malnutrition in May 2001. The father then abandoned him. The social worker for the hospital...
Michael
Michael was removed along with his sister Keba from their caretaker. The mother has had no contact with the children since abandoning them to this...
Isaac
The mother of Isaac died while delivering him and the father died the next year in a car accident. Isaac and his brother Esau lived with their...

Joshua
Joshua was abandoned by his sixteen year old mother. She was mentally challenged and frequently left the child with strangers. Social welfare...
Derrick
Derrick was referred to Rafiki by a local children's ministry. Before arriving, he was in the care of an elderly grandmother and social services...

John
Both of John’s parents died leaving him with no one to care for him. His uncle struggled to take care of the child, but with four children of his...
John
John is a precious young boy who came to us in December 2007 with decent overall health, yet malnourished. Both his parents died before 2006....
Enid
When Enid’s mother and father died she went to live with her aunt. She is young and single and stuggles to care for Enid on her own. She contacted...

Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead. Semegne's aunt cared for her but...
Chifundo
Chifundo’s father died of an illness in 2006, his mother is too sick to care for him. Social welfare referred him to Raifiki. Chifundo has moved to...
Tapiwa
Tapiwa and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism. After the death of their parents in 2010...

Aneth
Aneth and her cousin Adella came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2005. Now in Grade 7, Aneth took her Grade 7 national exam in September...
Patience
Patience’s mother died a month after Patience was born. Her father was killed a year later in a farming accident. An uncle took over the care of...

Abraham
Abraham’s mother died when he was just nine months old. His father died when he was twenty months old. His grandmother then cared for him after his...
Janjay
JanJay’s mother died after giving birth to her. Janjay’s father remarried and he was the breadwinner of the family. In February of 2010, he was...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned near a police station. He was then brought to the AIC orphanage in Mogogosiek, an orphanage about four hours away from the...