My Name is
Hope
Hope
Hope’s father died HIV positive, and his mother was also living HIV positive and was very sick. She wanted Hope placed in a good home before she died. He had no living relatives that could take care of him. Hope arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2007. Hope's favorite subjects are math and physics because he is fond of numbers. He likes to read the Bible and his geography and history textbooks. Hope believes that Jesus is always present to guide him.
DOB: Jun 13, 2002
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
Enoch
Enoch’s mother died within two months of his birth, and his father remains unknown.
Negassa
Negassa's mother died in 2008, and his father abandoned him soon after her death.
Abiba
Abiba Ruth's father abandoned her, and her mother is terminally ill.
Samson
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Tizeta
Tizeta was abandoned by her mother, and her father is unknown.
Caroline
Caroline's parents died within one year of each other before she turned three years old.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2011.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother, Malesse, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Janvier
Janvier arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Akosua
Akosua and her twin brother Kwasi arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Esther
Esther's father died in 2004, and her mother died six months later.
Jacob
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nicole
Nicole's mother abandoned her and her father remains unknown.
Gad
Gad arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Luke
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Innocent
Innocent’s mother died in 2005, and his father abandoned him, leaving him in the care of an uncle who also abandoned him as a child.
Valante
Valante arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda 2010.
Jacob
Jacob first arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006 after the death of his parents.
Beulah
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.