My Name is
Godiya
Godiya
Godiya’s father died before she was born, and her mother died when she was a year old. She was then placed in the care of her elderly grandmother. Godiya's grandmother was impoverished and, though she tried, unable to care for Godiya. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006 and soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment at the Village. Godiya says that God has made Himself known to her through His Word. She continues to pray to do well academically. Godiya also prays to grow spiritually and to display the fruit of the spirit to others.
DOB: Mar 15, 2002
Blessing
Blessing’s father died in a motor accident before she was born, and her mother died three weeks after her birth.
Mary
Mary and her brother, Emmanuel, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002.
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...
Rahab
Rahab’s mother was unable to care for her and her father remains unknown.
Mary
Mary was referred to the Rafiki Village Kenya by an orphanage about four hours away. She came to Rafiki in October 2004.
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Sophie
Sophie was found abandoned and malnourished as young child.
Leonard
Leonard is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Boniface, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Moses
Moses and his twin sister were abandoned at a shopping center, found by strangers, and taken to a local district hospital.
Titus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Abigail
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Susan
Susan's mother is deceased and her father is in jail.
Loveness
Loveness is a double orphan; her mother died just ten months after she was born, and her father died some time before that.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Silas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Kebah
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Ezekiel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Julie
Following the death of their parents, Julie and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Wesen
Wesen's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Abraham, eighteen months later.
Nicole
Nicole's mother abandoned her and her father remains unknown.
Patrick
After Patrick’s mother and father died, he went to live with his uncle for a time.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.