My Name is
Joseph
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died when he was nine months old, and his father was unknown. He was then placed in the care of his aunt. Though she tried, his aunt could not provide for his basic needs. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2014. Joseph is now a bright young man who does well in school. Joseph is polite and cooperative in class. He enjoys reading books in his spare time. He knows that God is with him at all times, and this gives him comfort. He enjoys studying God's Word and singing hymns of praise. Joseph is confident that God will lead him in the right path all his days.
DOB: Nov 8, 2010
Luke
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ezekiel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Adele
Adele’s father struggled under the weight of caring for a young son with cerebral palsy, the children’s blind grandmother, and his own kidney...
Titus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Annie
When Annie’s parents passed away, she was placed in the care of her aunt.
Jane
Both Jane's parents died when she was a young child, making her a double orphan.
Josephine
Josephine and her sister Tendo were living in a local hospital in Kampala for some time. They were then placed in a temporary home for abandoned...
Gelane
Gelane’s parents died two years apart from one another.
Austin
Austin’s parents died leaving him an orphan at just one year old.
Chloe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Deborah
Deborah and her sister and cousin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Valante
Valante arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda 2010.
Charity
Both of Charity's parents were killed during riots in Jos, Nigeria.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Precious
Precious's mother died in 2009, and her father then abandoned her.
Frankson
Frankson and his older sister, Ariet, were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Susan
Susan's mother is deceased and her father is in jail.
Anna
Anna arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006, a year after both her parents died.
Cristopher
Both of Christopher's parents died in 2004.
Josephine
Josephine’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Theresa
Tabitha
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.