My Name is
Nancy
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown. Before arriving at Rafiki, Nancy lived with her elderly grandmother. Though she tried, her grandmother could not properly care for her. Nancy arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2009. Nancy shows interest in physical education classes, especially volleyball and soccer. She also enjoys language arts, literature, and reading. She is above-average academically. She conducts herself with respect, enthusiasm, care, and responsibility. Through the Rafiki Bible Study, she has learned that we should live a life that is pleasing to God by obeying what He tells us in His Word.
DOB: Oct 28, 2003
Salvio
Salvio's mother died shortly after giving birth to him. His neighbors tried to help but had six children of their own and were unable to adequately...
Rena
Rena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister, Serena.
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Hannah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Alice
Alice’s parents both died by 2005 and she was left in the care of her eighteen-year-old brother.
Gad
Gad arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Leah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rachel
Rachel’s mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father remains unknown. Rachel was referred to the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006...
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Violet
After Violet’s parents died, her elderly grandfather enlisted her for household help with chores, cooking, and carrying firewood.
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003, and her mother then died in 2009.
Ezekiel
Both Ezekiel's parents died within two years of each other, and Ezekiel was left to be raised by his grandmother.
Cristopher
Both of Christopher's parents died in 2004.
Cilicia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother, Kelvin, went to live with their grandparents.
Josiah
Josiah's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002.
Nicodemus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Shedrak
Shedrak’s mother died in 2006 and his father died shortly after.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Theresia
Theresia and her twin sister, Aurelia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after their mother died of cancer.
Joseph
Joseph is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2007.
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness.
David
David's mother died in 2003 while giving birth, and his father's whereabouts remain unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.