My Name is
Yaw

Yaw
Yaw, his twin sister, and his half sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010. Yaw soon proved to be a young man with a very gentle nature who seems to get along well with everyone. He likes the hymn "What Can Wash Away My Sins" because he knows and believes that only Jesus' blood can cleanse him. Through the Rafiki Bible Study, Yaw has learned that we should always rejoice in the Lord, be praying at all times, and be spiritually alert for when Christ returns.
DOB: Feb 22, 2007
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Furahini
Furahini and her sister, Scolastika, lived with their grandmother after their mother disappeared.
Clinton
After the death of their parents, Clinton and his sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
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...
Salvio
Salvio's mother died shortly after giving birth to him. His neighbors tried to help but had six children of their own and were unable to adequately...
Aynalem
Aynalem was three years old when her mother died. Her father remains unknown.
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning Grace.
Jamila
Jamila's mother gave her over to the care of her aunt.
Serena
Serena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Serena and her twin sister, Rena.
Gloria
Gloria and her twin sister Olivia were abandoned and given to a paternal uncle when their father died.
Mercy
Mercy’s mother passed away some time in 2003, and her father remains unknown.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Hillary
Hillary’s mother died in childbirth, so he was brought to the AIC babies’ home in Mogogosiek—a village four hours from Rafiki Village Kenya. He had...
Rabecca
Rabecca is a double orphan. She lived with her aunt and grandmother after the death of her parents.
Mary
Mary lived in the A. I. Children's Home in Kitui before coming to Rafiki.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father disappeared after her mother's death.
Michael
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Benson
Benson Michael was found at the prison grounds by a woman who took him to the police station on August 28, 2005.
Isaac
Isaac's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Paul, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012. The boys' mother passed...
Denis
After the death of their father, Denis and his brother, Charles, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small room, one-room house.
Gladys
Gladys is a double orphan. Her mother died in 2006, and her father died in 2007.
Joshua
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.