My Name is
Matias
Matias
After his mother died in 2009, Matias lived with his grandmother. She could not educate or properly care for Matias and asked Rafiki for help. Matias arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011. Matias is now a bright student. He also enjoys playing basketball, and he is a very strong player. It is fun to watch him play. Matias knows that God guides him in everything he does. He strives to do what is right and glorify God in his actions.
DOB: Sep 6, 2007
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Pamela
Pamela and her brother, Francis, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Obadiah
Obadiah was found abandoned as a small child in 2006 in Paynesville, Liberia.
Paula
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was a young child, he was carried on his mother’s back as she wandered the city of Accra.
Martha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sandra
Sandra lived in her uncle's care after her parent's death.
Ezekiel
Both Ezekiel's parents died within two years of each other, and Ezekiel was left to be raised by his grandmother.
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Winnie
Winnie's young mother died while giving birth to her, and her father died after being hit by a car.
Timothy
Timothy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local orphanage in Kampala, Uganda after he was abandoned and given to his grandmother as an...
Rhoda
Rhoda's mother died when she was a small child, and her father abandoned her.
Reuben
Reuben’s mother died in 2007, and his father is unknown.
Susan
Susan was abandoned as a child and was placed in a temporary place for abandoned children before being assigned to the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006.
Emily
Before Emily arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, she was in the care of an aunt and uncle who did not have the means to properly feed her.
Memory
Memory’s mother died four days after her birth.
Francisca
Francisca’s mother died after a short illness when Francisca was one year old. Her father died six months later.
Sarah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Selah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joshua
Joshua was abandoned by his sixteen-year-old mother.
Kofi
Kofi’s mother suffered from psychological issues, and she was deemed mentally unfit to care for him by social welfare services.
Lydia
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.