My Name is
Winnie
Winnie
After her mother died, Winnie was sent to live with her uncle. He struggled to properly feed her. Due to malnutrition, Winnie was behind developmentally. Social welfare services recommended that she be placed at the Rafiki Village Malawi, and she arrived in 2007. Now, Winnie's favorite subjects are math, Bible, and science. She hopes to become a physician someday. Winnie came to know Jesus through the Rafiki Bible Study. She trusts Christ because He is her Savior who gave up His life for her.
DOB: Mar 10, 2001
Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Abraham
After Abraham's mother died, he was sent to live with his aunt.
Esther
Esther and her sister, Celestina, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Grace
Grace arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Enoch
Enoch’s mother worked at Rafiki. Her last request before her death was her hope that Enoch could come to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Stephena
Stephena's father was killed by lightning and her mother died, along with Stephena's twin, while giving birth.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Brino
Brino and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
Ruth
Ruth’s mother brought her to the nursery of a hospital for an exam and then abandoned her there.
Joseph
Very little is known about Joseph's early years, except that his mother died and his father abandoned him.
Martin
Martin and his sister, Grace, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
Linda
Linda's parents died in 2004. She was living with relatives for a time, but they found they could not provide for her and her brother, Caleb.
Christina
After Christina and her two sisters, Peace and Tendo, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Memory
Memory and her twin brother, Uchizi, had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown.
Derrick
Derrick was referred to Rafiki by a local children's ministry.
Shadreck
After the death of his parents, Shadreck was in the care of an impoverished widow could not properly feed him.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mary
Mary and her sister Rachael arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Comfort
Comfort arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Luke
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ben
Before arriving at the Rafiki village, Ben and his five siblings lived with their grandmother, along with her six children, in a one-room house.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister Phiona arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2005.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.