My Name is
Zawady
Zawady
Zawady is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2006. He and his sister, Loveness, lived with their aunt for a time. Though she tried, she could not provide for the children's basic needs. Social services recommended that Zawady and his sister be placed at the Rafiki Village Zambia. They arrived in 2008. Zawady is an excellent student. His favorite subjects are literature, science, math, and Bible. He loves to run and play soccer and baseball with his friends. He also loves the story of Joshua and his courage in the Lord from the Bible. He holds a leadership position in school, and it teaches him valuable skills he can use in the future.
DOB: Jan 19, 2003
Deborah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Josephine
Josephine’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Theresa
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.
Tonny
Tonny’s mother abandoned him immediately after birth.
Witness
Witness lived most of her early life in an orphanage.
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father is unknown.
Phoebe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Cilicia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Genet
Genet’s mother died when she was a year old, and her father is unknown.
Candace
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rabson
Rabson and his brother, Vincent, lived with their grandmother after their parents died in 2011.
Naitoti
Naitoti, her sister, Nasha, and their cousin, Furaha, were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Rebecca
Rebecca arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Francine
Francine arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
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.
Jeremiah
After the death of his parents, Jeremiah lived with a family member. Though she tried, this family member could not provide for Jeremiah's basic...
Philemon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Claude
Claude arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Janet
Janet's mother died in 2012, and it was soon confirmed that her mother's husband was not her biological father.
Aynalem
Aynalem was three years old when her mother died. Her father remains unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.