My Name is
Emmanuella
Emmanuella
Emmanuella (Muki) arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009. She soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. Muki is a good student who is quiet and well-disciplined in doing her work. The Bible has taught her how to view the needy through God's eyes and how to help others. Muki strives to tell people about Jesus and to be a good example to them. Muki is a boarding student at the Rafiki Village Rwanda.
DOB: Dec 25, 2005
Makatee
Makatee’s mother died in a car accident when she was eleven months old.
Mediatrice
Mediatrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Polycarp
Polycarp was abandoned at the age of four and placed into a baby's home.
Benjamin
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Naomi
Naomi and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Martha
Martha's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Denise
When Denise was one month old, she was abandoned at the Kenyatta National hospital.
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Umu
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Dereck
Dereck and his twin sister were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Nancy
Both of Nancy's parents died when she was a young child
Valante
Valante arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda 2010.
Paul
Paul's mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father remains unknown. Upon arriving at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2012, it was learned...
Lemmy
Lemmy and his sister, Eva, were living with their grandmother, who did not have the means to feed them every day, before they came to Rafiki.
Nahum
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gerald
After the death of both Gerald’s parents, he was living with his older sister.
Purity
After her parents died in 2004, Purity was placed in the care of her aunt and uncle.
John
John’s father died a few years before his mother passed away in 2007.
Gad
Gad arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Gertrude
Gertrude (Trudy) was orphaned after her father and mother died within a year of each other.
Dumisani
After the death of his parents, Dumisani arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Aneth
After the death of her parents, Aneth lived with her single aunt.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.