My Name is
Mercy
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry. Her mother gave her to her great grandmother, who was unable to care for her, and Mercy's father abandoned the family soon after she was born. Mercy was approved by Social Welfare and arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2008. Mercy's favorite subjects are math and science, and she knows they are key for her future career choice: she would like to become an engineer! From studying God's Word through the Rafiki Bible Study, Mercy understands that she is alive to Christ and dead to sin. She continues to pray to love others well and grow strong in the faith.
DOB: Oct 22, 2007
Patience
Patience’s mother died a month after she was born. Her father was killed a year later in a farming accident.
Sarah
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.
Sibongile
Sibongile’s mother was impoverished and unable to care for her or her sister Siphwe.
Eva
Eva and her brother Lemmy were living with their grandmother, who attempted to feed the children on a daily basis but often was not able to.
Sindani
Sindani and her two older sisters were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their parents.
Simon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron lived with his grandmother before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Juliet
Both of Juliet’s parents died when she was about two years old. She was then placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Umu
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Moses
Moses arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Darris
Darris's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Michael
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Eve
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.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Anne
Anne’s mother is physically handicapped and unable to care for her.
Winnie
After her mother died, Winnie was sent to live with her uncle.
Abel
Abel's mother died when he was one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him after the death of his parents.
Obadiah
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.