The Education Program seeks to cultivate minds and hearts that love God, their neighbor, and all that is true, good, and beautiful.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic has propelled millions of orphans and vulnerable children into the workforce at a young age because they need to provide for themselves and their families. Forty-seven percent of out-of-school children worldwide are from sub-Saharan African countries. For those children that do attend school, there is a near constant attrition rate that is indicative of poor quality and massive inefficiencies in the education system. The result, from an educational viewpoint, is that a few years of primary education is the only schooling the majority of African children have.
The Education Program seeks to cultivate minds and hearts that love God, their neighbor, and all that is true, good, and beautiful. Each Rafiki Village includes an accredited school from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade for the children who live at the Village and for a limited number of needy children—usually orphans—from the surrounding communities. All are instructed with the Rafiki School Curriculum—a quality, academic curriculum written by the Foundation. Rafiki’s curriculum integrates a biblical worldview into a traditional liberal arts core of arts, letters, sciences, and mathematics. The Rafiki Bible Study, a comprehensive study of the Bible, is an essential part of the curriculum. Written for the people of Africa and the Rafiki Overseas Staff that serve them, the Rafiki Bible Study is a thirteen year survey of the Bible with levels ranging from preschool to adult. Together, the Rafiki School Curriculum and the Rafiki Bible Study train the children to think, live, and lead others from a biblical worldview. It is our hope that they will become Christian leaders in politics, education, business, science, and the arts as well as within their homes, churches, and communities.
The completion of the education cycle and the reception of a quality education experience are key elements for long-term poverty reduction and for the enhancement of quality in a child’s life. Our schools provide that opportunity to not only the children living at the Rafiki Villages but also to orphans and vulnerable children from the surrounding community. Please consider supporting the Education Program by donating to the Rafiki Scholarship Fund.
Donations to the fund provide textbooks, school uniforms, meals, and educational supplies for the Village and community students. In addition, these funds will provide college tuition for Rafiki students who qualify. Donate to Rafiki's Scholarship Fund.