My Name is
Lucy
Lucy
After Lucy's parents died in 2011, she lived with an unemployed uncle and his children until Social Welfare contacted the Rafiki Foundation in 2012 about her long-term care. Lucy is now a good student who has learned the value of hard work. She is learning to study hard and concentrate on her schoolwork. In her spare time, she enjoys playing basketball and soccer and is skilled at both sports. She enjoys reading God's Word and studying it each day with her Rafiki family.
DOB: Apr 24, 2006
Frank
Frank's mother is deceased, and his father is in prison. After his father was imprisoned, Frank was left in the care of an elderly widowed neighbor.
Patience
Patience was abandoned by her mother in 2005, and her father cared for her until he died in 2008.
Elijah
Elijah was referred to Rafiki by an orphanage four hours away from the Village.
Bulus
Bulus and his brother, Mika, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning her infant.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown.
Fabrice
Fabrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Eve
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Janjay
Janjay’s mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died shortly after in a car accident.
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Abel
Abel's mother died when he was one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Cilicia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Paul
Paul's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Isaac, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012.
Tendo
After Tendo and her two sisters, Christina and Peace, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Joseph
Very little is known about Joseph's early years, except that his mother died and his father abandoned him.
Joshua
Joshua’s mother died in 2002, and his father died two years later.
Neema
Neema's mother died while giving birth to her, and her father abandoned her.
Emelyne
When Emelyne arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda, she soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment.
John
John has charm and charisma; he is a happy boy and has a quick smile in spite of his difficult start in life.
Kirk
Kirk was found abandoned at the police lines in the city of Nairobi, Kenya.
Mehiret
Before coming to Rafiki, Mehiret lived with her maternal grandmother.
Onesmus
Onesmus's mother passed away two months after he was born.
Eunice
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.