My Name is
Chukwudi
Chukwudi
Chukwudi is a double orphan; his father died in 2005, and his mother died in 2008. After his mother's death, he was placed in the care of his widowed great-grandmother. Though she tried, she could not care for Chukwudi's basic needs. Social welfare services recommended that he be placed at the Rafiki Village Nigeria, and he arrived in 2009. Chukwudi is a good student who especially enjoys art. He has continued to see God's provision and the power of prayer in his life. Chukwudi prays to look more like Christ every single day.
DOB: Jun 3, 2005
Denis
After the death of their father, Denis and his brother, Charles, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small room, one-room house.
Enoch
Enoch’s mother worked at Rafiki. Her last request before her death was her hope that Enoch could come to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Bethuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jennifer
Jennifer's parents passed away in 2004. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in March 2007.
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, James.
Rachel
Rachel was orphaned when she was just three months old and was then taken in by her grandparents.
Rena
Rena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister, Serena.
Elizabeth
After Elizabeth’s mother died in July of 2005, her children came to live with their maternal aunt who worked as a mother’s assistant at the Rafiki...
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007, and his father died some years before that.
Jacob
Jacob first arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006 after the death of his parents.
James
James’s father died HIV+, and his mother also had HIV.
Rachel
Rachel’s mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father remains unknown. Rachel was referred to the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006...
Anjela
After being abandoned by her mother, Anjela lived with her elderly grandfather in a small mud hut.
Jane
Both Jane's parents died when she was a young child, making her a double orphan.
Diane
Diane arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
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.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rose
Both of Roses's parents are deceased.
Austin
Austin’s parents died leaving him an orphan at just one year old.
Mavis
Mavis was orphaned when both of her parents died of illnesses.
Anna
Anna was left on a porch in Monrovia, Liberia when she was eighteen months old.
Esau
Esau's mother died while delivering his younger brother, Isaac, and his father died the next year in a car accident.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.