My Name is
Derrick
Derrick
Derrick was referred to Rafiki by a local children's ministry. Before arriving, he was in the care of an elderly grandmother and social services recommended that Derrick and an older brother, Samuel, be removed from her care. Derrick and Samuel arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006. Derrick enjoys math, physics, and biology. When he studied physics, he was impressed by the centripetal and centrifugal forces that direct objects into a circular motion. He concluded that God's almighty power is demonstrated by His creation of the planetary system's orbit around the sun and how they never stray from their path. Derrick plays the clarinet and has had many opportunities to play for others within and beyond the Rafiki Village. He also draws and paints very well. Derrick seeks to be an example to younger children at the Village, and he is committed to living a life worthy of Christ.
DOB: Jul 24, 2001
Teeweh
Teeweh and his older sister Adele arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012 after their mother died and their father gave them up.
Clifford
Clifford and his brother, Namukolo, were living with their parents in the Kanakantappa Village when their mother died in 2010.
Kwame
Kwame was brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in March 2011.
Ebenezer
Ebenezer and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Kyle
Kyle was abandoned by his father shortly after he was born.
Jackson
Jackson arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Jonathan
John’s mother died in 2003 in a drowning accident, and his father died later that same year. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2005.
Irene
After both her mother and father abandoned her, Irene lived with her grandmother for a time.
Rachael
Rachael and her sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010.
Takula
Takula’s mother died in 2005 of a fatal illness, and his father died two years later.
Millicent
After the death of her father and mother, Millicent was placed in the care of her aunt.
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Diana
Diana and her twin brother were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Pierre
Pierre and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Akosua
Akosua and her twin brother Kwasi arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Simon
When just an infant, Simon was found abandoned near a hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2011.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Agnes
Agnes was abandoned by her family and was referred to the Rafiki Village Uganda at two years of age.
Bethlehem
Bethlehem's (Betty's) mother abandoned her to go find work and left her with a neighbor.
Afia
Afia arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Joseph
Joseph is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2007.
Timothy
Timothy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local orphanage in Kampala, Uganda after he was abandoned and given to his grandmother as an...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.