My Name is
Katherine
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006 and has since enjoyed her new home. Kathy loves playing basketball. She is a good team player who displays good sportsmanship. Kathy's favorite subjects are math, English, and biology. She enjoys early sacred music lessons and appreciates the fact that music has been a gift from God since the beginning of the world. Kathy also plays the viola in the Rafiki Youth Orchestra. She seeks to imitate Christ, rejoice in hope, and be in constant prayer.
DOB: Sep 25, 2001
Simon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Lonnie
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, Lonnie was called “Lonely” because both of her parents were deceased.
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister Phiona arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2005.
Livingstone
After the death of both his parents, Livingstone lived with his grandfather.
Sam
Sam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Jacob
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Christina
Christina arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2008 shortly after her mother's death.
Ruth
Ruth’s mother brought her to the nursery of a hospital for an exam and then abandoned her there.
Theresa
Theresa’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Josephine.
Mariah
After both Maria's parents died, she was left in the care of her impoverished grandmother who could not adequately care for her.
Munyithya
Munyithya's father died four months after he was born, and his mother followed eighteen months later before his second birthday.
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Janvier
Janvier arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Samuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.
Michael
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Hannah
Hannah’s mother abandoned her shortly after she was born.
Bernice
After the death of their parents, Bernice and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Samuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Donatha
Donatha arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.