My Name is
Aquila
Aquila
Aquila and his sister Priscilla literally lost their father in Jan 2000, when he went missing after riots broke out near their village. Considered orphans when their mother died in 2001, they lived with their uncle, Pastor Samson Nwan. Aquila came to the Rafiki Village Nigeria in January, 2004. After finishing all of his primary and secondary schooling in Rafiki, he is now pursuing a degree in social studies education at the University of Jos.
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her.
Dadi
Dadi arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Akosua
Akosua and her twin brother Kwasi arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Loveness
Loveness is a double orphan; her mother died just ten months after she was born, and her father died some time before that.
John
John arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 after both of his parents died.
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Epa
Epa arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Beulah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Glen
Glen was found abandoned in 2005.
Jerome
Jerome was abandoned at a local hospital in Kampala, Uganda in 2005.
John
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Caleb
Caleb’s mother was placed in prison when he was young child, and his father is unknown.
Grace
Grace arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him after the death of his parents.
Austin
Austin’s parents died leaving him an orphan at just one year old.
Jordan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Queen
Queen’s mother died in 2007 and her father, unable to care for her, abandoned her.
Biruk
Biruk’s mother was very young when she gave birth to him.
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Estery
Both of Estery's (Esther) parents passed away from an illness when she was a young child.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.