My Name is
Austin
Austin
Both of Austin’s parents died when he was a young child. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2006. Austin understands that Jesus died on the cross to redeem him. He trusts Jesus because He is kind and loves all people.
DOB: Apr 30, 2003
Elikana
Elikana is a double orphan. She and her sister Mercy were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let alone...
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Catherine
Catherine was abandoned immediately after she was born.
Sharon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Miriam
Miriam was found at a local market in the Machakos district of Kenya.
Leul
After Leul's father died and his mother abandoned him, he was placed in the care of a widow.
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Furaha
Furaha and her two cousins were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Ndidi
Ndidi lost her father in 2005 and her mother in 2008.
William
William was brought to a hospital with head injuries in August 2003.
Yordanos
After their father died and their mother abandoned them, Yordanos and her younger brother lived with their grandmother. Their grandmother could not...
Naomi
Naomi and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Chloe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Eve
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Claudia
After Claudia's parents died, she was placed in the care of her elderly grandmother.
Susanna
Susanna’s mother died within a month of giving birth to her. Her father abandoned her and was then reported to have died.
Simon
When just an infant, Simon was found abandoned near a hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
Rachael
Rachael and her sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010.
Alice
Alice arrived at Rafiki Village Rwanda in November 2009.
Hope
Hope and her half sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.