My Name is
Irene
Irene
Irene and her sister were abandoned by their parents as young children. They lived on their own in a mud hut for many months. The neighbors gave them food but no other care. Irene was the primary caregiver for her two-year-old sister Ruki. The sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011 and soon benefited from quality care, nutritious food, and a loving family environment. Irene is a polite young woman who is willing to work hard in school. She has learned that loving Christ takes self-discipline, and she continues to work hard to diligently study the Bible and pray.
DOB: Apr 6, 2006
Baraka
Baraka’s mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father is unknown.
Naomi
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rebecca
Rebecca’s mother died and her father was killed when she was a young child.
Queen
Queen’s mother died in 2007 and her father, unable to care for her, abandoned her.
Gracious
Gracious’s mother died of stomach cancer shortly after giving birth to her.
Eltonia
Eltonia and her younger brother, Kwaku, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Genet
Genet’s mother died when she was a year old, and her father is unknown.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel and his sister, Mary, were born to a mentally-ill mother who lacked the mental and physical faculties to care for them, and their father...
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Ruth
Both of Ruth's parents are deceased. She and her brother Christopher lived with their grandmother before she sought help from social welfare...
Ben
Ben’s mother died in November 2006, and his father sometime before that.
Tendo
After Tendo and her two sisters, Christina and Peace, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Candace
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Blessed
Blessed’s mother abandoned her four days after her birth at the Kakamega Provincial General Hospital.
Samuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Makatee
Makatee’s mother died in a car accident when she was eleven months old.
Isaiah
Isaiah was placed into his grandparents care of following the death of his parents.
Dereck
Dereck and his twin sister were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Queenie
Queenie arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Adam
Adam’s mother died giving birth to him, and his father died from complications of malaria.
Beatrice
Beatrice’s parents died of a terminal illness shortly after she was born, and she was put in the care of her grandmother.
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him after the death of his parents.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.