My Name is
Samuel
Samuel
Samuel’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005. Samuel and his brother Jeff then began living with their nineteen-year-old sister, but she was unable to care for them. The boys arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia in 2007 and soon flourished in the security and love of their new home. Samuel studies hard and is often on the honor roll. He believes Jesus is the eternal Son of God who was sent to save him from his sins and give him new life. Samuel knows that God gave him a new heart, saved him, and made him His child, because he asked God to save him and trusts Him to keep His promise. Samuel is learning to find answers in the Bible to the deep questions he has regarding his identity and purpose in life.
DOB: May 22, 2001
John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him with no one to care for him.
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, James.
Biruk
Biruk’s mother was very young when she gave birth to him.
Moses
Moses and his twin sister were abandoned at a shopping center, found by strangers, and taken to a local district hospital.
Matias
After his mother died in 2009, Matias lived with his grandmother.
Esther
Esther's father died in 2004, and her mother died six months later.
George
George was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage.
Eve
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Diana
Diana and her twin brother were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Gabriel
After Gabriel's father died in 2006, his ailing mother contacted social welfare services to intervene in her son's life.
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
Uchizi
Uchizi and his twin sister had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown
Hebron
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Michael
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Phoebe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Naomi
Naomi and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Babirye
Babirye and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Akosua
Akosua and her twin brother Kwasi arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old, and his father is unknown.
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Naomi
Naomi’s father died when she was a year old.
Hope
Hope’s father died HIV positive, and his mother was also living HIV positive and was very sick. She wanted Hope placed in a good home before she died.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.