My Name is
Adam
Adam
Adam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009. He soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. Adam is a boarding student at the Village. He enjoys writing and reading poetry and appreciates the emotional connection it creates between himself and his audience. His favorite hymn is “Day by Day” because it shows him that the Lord watches over him every day. It helps give Adam strength in tribulation as he remembers God’s promises and mercy. Adam prays that he will become a godly man who loves and serves the Lord.
DOB: May 10, 2005
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Ruki
Ruki and her older sister were abandoned by their parents at a young age. The two girls were living on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Julie
Following the death of their parents, Julie and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Naomi
Naomi’s father died when she was a year old.
Susanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Phineas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
James
After the death of his parents, James's grandmother took care of him and his brother, Frank.
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gracious
Gracious’s mother died of stomach cancer shortly after giving birth to her.
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Yordanos
Yordanos’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandfather, in 2006.
Hope
Hope arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel (Kobby) and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
Fortuna
Fortuna and her brother Surafel were left in their uncle's care when their mother and father died.
John
John’s father died a few years before his mother passed away in 2007.
George
After George’s mother and father died, he was placed in the care of his sixteen-year-old aunt.
Lois
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jane
Both Jane's parents died when she was a young child, making her a double orphan.
Feraol
Feraol's mother abandoned her when she was one month old.
Wesen
Wesen's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Abraham, eighteen months later.
Serena
Serena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Serena and her twin sister, Rena.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.