My Name is
Daniel
Daniel
Daniel’s mother and father died in 2006 when he was an infant. He and his sister, Esther, arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2009. Daniel soon proved to be a good student. He also works hard at being an example to others in school. Daniel wants the other boys to look up to him as an example of leadership and to look like the young man God has called him to be.
DOB: Sep 19, 2005
Rose
Both of Roses's parents are deceased.
Grace
Grace's father died in 2007 in a motor accident.
Grace
Grace's parents died within one year of each other, and she was then put in the care of a maternal aunt.
Chawanangwa
Both Chawanangwa’s parents are deceased.
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Eden
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Leticia
Leticia and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2012.
Polycarp
Polycarp was abandoned at the age of four and placed into a baby's home.
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning her infant.
Erick
Erick’s mother died a few hours after he was born due to complications with his delivery.
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both of his parents at birth and was being cared for by a state-run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three,...
Gritty
After the death of her parents, Gritty lived in the care of an aunt and uncle.
Grace
Grace arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Myra
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Charles
After the death of their father, Charles and his brother, Denis, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small, one-room house.
Chloe
When she was a child, the police found Chloe alone in a house.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Felistas
Felistas’ mother died shortly after giving birth to her sister, Gracious, and their father abandoned them.
Fortuna
Fortuna and her brother Surafel were left in their uncle's care when their mother and father died.
Violet
Violet's mother died in childbirth, and her father died just a year later.
Kyle
Kyle was abandoned by his father shortly after he was born.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.