My Name is
Phoebe
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki. She has no parents nor relatives to take care of her. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2003. She soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving environment at the Village. Phoebe is a good student who likes school and is determined to do her very best. Phoebe is friendly, easygoing, and a joy to be around. She hopes to be an example to those around her, and she prays that she will never waiver in her faith.
DOB: Mar 5, 1999
Nasha
Nasha, her sister, and cousin were in their grandmother's care after her father's death.
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.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry.
Gracious
Gracious’s mother died of stomach cancer shortly after giving birth to her.
Abigail
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Martha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Gideon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Prisca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel and his sister, Mary, were born to a mentally-ill mother who lacked the mental and physical faculties to care for them, and their father...
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Paul
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Yaw
Yaw and his two sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Priscilla
Priscilla and her sister, Erica, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
Deogloriosio
Deo’s father passed away before he was born, and his mother died soon after giving birth.
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Benjamin
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Shadreck
Shadreck’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Gabriel
Gabriel’s mother died in an accident, and his father died of complications from malaria.
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his grandmother who could not care for him as a small child.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.