My Name is
Comfort
Comfort
Both of Comfort’s parents died when she was a young child. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004 and soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving environment at the Village. Comfort is a good student who enjoys school. She is considering studying one of the sciences at a university someday. Comfort says she experiences God's presence more and more each day as she studies His Word.
DOB: Oct 29, 2001
Paul
Both of Paul's parents died when he was four years old, and he was then placed in the care of his impoverished grandmother.
Peter
Both of Peter’s parents were killed during religious riots that occurred in 2004 in a village about two hours away from Jos, Nigeria.
Benon
Benon was born to a fifteen-year-old mother who died in child birth. His grandfather was old and unable to care for him. He was brought to an...
Susanna
Susanna’s mother died within a month of giving birth to her. Her father abandoned her and was then reported to have died.
Leah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel and his sister, Mary, were born to a mentally-ill mother who lacked the mental and physical faculties to care for them, and their father...
Patrick
Patrick’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was mentally ill and unable to care for him.
Rose
Rose was brought to a children's home in Moshi, Tanzania in 2008 by a pastor from a local church after she was abandoned by her mother.
Rebecca
Rebecca arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Atimbil
Atimbil and his brother and sister, Awumbe and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Violet
Violet's mother died in childbirth, and her father died just a year later.
Rebecca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Miriam
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Zawady
Zawady is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2006.
Andrew
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2008, Andrew was a double orphan living with his impoverished aunt who only survived off the...
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness.
Winnie
Winnie's young mother died while giving birth to her, and her father died after being hit by a car.
Gad
Gad arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Grace
Grace's parents died within one year of each other, and she was then put in the care of a maternal aunt.
Claire
Claire arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Phineas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
Very few details are known about John. His mother is deceased and his father is presumed to be as well.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.