My Name is
Dumisani
Dumisani
After the death of his parents, Dumisani arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007. Dumisani's favorite subject is science, and he enjoys studying chemistry and performing science experiments. He says that he has opened his heart to Jesus and desires to know Him better. Dumisani also strives to live a life pleasing to God.
DOB: Mar 30, 2003
Cilicia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Phoebe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Benjamin
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Enid
Enid arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
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,...
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
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...
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father disappeared after her mother's death.
Maria
Maria’s mother died giving birth to her, and her father died in a car accident in 2008.
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003, and her mother then died in 2009.
Jack
After Jack’s mother died in 2006, he began living with his grandparents.
Abenezer
Abenezer was just fifteen days old when his teenage mother gave him over to his grandmother.
Hana
Hana’s mother died in 2008, and her father remains unknown.
Clinton
After the death of their parents, Clinton and his sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009.
Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Kyle
Kyle was abandoned by his father shortly after he was born.
Fabrice
Fabrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Sam
Sam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Emelyne
When Emelyne arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda, she soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment.
Adonay
Adonay's mother tried to abandon him on the street in the Somali Region, but a man from the health station intervened and gave her some money to...
Bernice
Bernice was in the care of her paternal uncle before arriving at the Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.