My Name is
Bethlehem
Bethlehem
Bethlehem's (Betty's) mother abandoned and left her with a neighbor when she was a young child. Her father remains unknown. The neighbor could no longer care for Betty and contacted the Rafiki Foundation for help. Betty then arrived at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia in July 2010. She soon began to thrive at the Rafiki Village. After reading Matthew 5:9 and speaking to her Rafiki Mother about the importance of patience, Bethlehem has decided to be more of a peacemaker. She strives to help other Rafiki children seek peace. Betty does very well in school and enjoys studying math, literature, and science.
DOB: May 24, 2005
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Luke
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Isaiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Eltonia
Eltonia and her younger brother, Kwaku, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Kebah
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead.
Amelia
Amelia and her sister, Jamesetta, and brother, Jimmy, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Sibongile
Sibongile’s mother was impoverished and unable to care for her or her sister Siphwe.
Estery
Both of Estery's (Esther) parents passed away from an illness when she was a young child.
John
John’s father died a few years before his mother passed away in 2007.
Hope
Hope and her half sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Nicodemus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Micheal
When he was two months old, Michael was abandoned at a shop in Kampala, Uganda. Michael then came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in February of 2005.
Tracy
Both Tracy's (Tamar’s) parents died of illness in 2002.
Paula
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jehoshaphat
Both of Jehosephat’s parents died of a fatal illness when he was a young child.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Austin
Austin’s parents died leaving him an orphan at just one year old.
Joshua
Joshua's parents were killed in 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and the families living there. Joshua, his twin brother Gideon, and...
Frank
After the death of his parents, Frank's grandmother took care of him and his brother, James.
Sandra
Sandra lived in her uncle's care after her parent's death.
Emmanuella
Emmanuella (Muki) arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Esther
Esther's father died in 2004, and her mother died six months later.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.