My Name is
Ruth
Ruth
Ruth’s mother abandoned her and placed her in the care of her elderly grandmother. The family lived in poverty, and her grandmother could not provide for her granddaughter's most basic needs. They asked the Rafiki Foundation to assume Ruth's care. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in October 2010. Ruth is happy and a well-adjusted young woman. She is very friendly and ready to assist others. Ruth enjoys learning about animals in science, and she also enjoys math.
DOB: Feb 6, 2005
Adella
After the death of her parents, Adella lived with her single aunt.
Samson
Both of Samson's parents died when he was a young child.
Azuma
Azuma and her brothers, Atimbil and Awumbe, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Juliet
Juliet Faith was found abandoned in a remote area outside of Nairobi, Kenya.
Levi
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Florence
Florence arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Jonah
Jonah’s father died when he was just a year old, and his mother died soon after.
Michelle
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Clifford
Clifford and his brother, Namukolo, were living with their parents in the Kanakantappa Village when their mother died in 2010.
Mavis
Mavis was orphaned when both of her parents died of illnesses.
Yeabsira
Yeabisira's mother left him with her brother when he was just one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Eltonia
Eltonia and her younger brother, Kwaku, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Jackson
Jackson arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Moses
Moses arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Nicodemus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Janet
Janet's mother died in 2012, and it was soon confirmed that her mother's husband was not her biological father.
Kebah
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Mirriam
Mirriam’s father died in 2003, and her mother died two years later.
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Luka
Luka's mother died when he was a young child, and his father abandoned him.
Thomas
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.