My Name is
Ethel
Ethel
Both Ethel's parents died within two years of each other. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2006, just in time to celebrate Christmas with her new family. Ethel soon proved to be a hard-working student. She has come to know Jesus personally through the Scriptures. Specifically, she clings to Romans 8:28 as a strong, encouraging promise.
DOB: Mar 9, 2001
George
After George’s mother and father died, he was placed in the care of his sixteen-year-old aunt.
John
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Cossam
Cossam arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 following the death of both of his parents.
Makatee
Makatee’s mother died in a car accident when she was eleven months old.
Genet
Genet’s mother died when she was a year old, and her father is unknown.
Valiness
From a young age, Valiness lived with her impoverished grandmother who could not provide for her needs.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Francisca
Francisca’s mother died after a short illness when Francisca was one year old. Her father died six months later.
Blaze
Blaze arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Frankson
Frankson and his older sister, Ariet, were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister Phiona arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2005.
Gideon
Gideon and his twin brothers arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Henry
Henry's mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died soon after his mother.
Augustus
Augustus, his twin brother Augustine, and his older brother Gideon arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Shadreck
Shadreck’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Ezekiel
Both Ezekiel's parents died within two years of each other, and Ezekiel was left to be raised by his grandmother.
Rich
Rich’s mother died in 2011, and his father abandoned him.
Joshua
Joshua's parents were killed in 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and the families living there. Joshua, his twin brother Gideon, and...
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Martha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Memory
Memory and her twin brother, Uchizi, had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown.
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aquil
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.