My Name is
Stanley
Stanley
Both of Stanley's parents contracted a fatal illness and died when he was a young child. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2006. He soon proved to be a good student an excellent writer, showing his strength in language arts class. Stanley desires to imitate Christ and to live a life pleasing to God. He is struck by the truth that God is all-knowing, and he knows that he cannot hide anything from God.
DOB: Jun 11, 2002
Nehemiah
Both Nehemiah’s mother and father are deceased.
Lemmy
Lemmy and his sister, Eva, were living with their grandmother, who did not have the means to feed them every day, before they came to Rafiki.
Caleb
Caleb’s mother was placed in prison when he was young child, and his father is unknown.
Catherine
Catherine’s mother died in 2005, and her father committed suicide in 2008.
Sharon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Bernice
After the death of their parents, Bernice and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Samuel
Samuel’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Patricia
Due to his own medical issues, Patricia's father could not provide for her basic needs after her mother's death.
Esau
Esau's mother died while delivering his younger brother, Isaac, and his father died the next year in a car accident.
Mariah
After both Maria's parents died, she was left in the care of her impoverished grandmother who could not adequately care for her.
Cristopher
Both of Christopher's parents died in 2004.
Patricia
Patricia's early life was filled with tragedy; she never knew either of her parents.
Obadiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Prince
Prince and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
Tonny
Tonny’s mother abandoned him immediately after birth.
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...
Adam
Adam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Jeff
Jeff’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Fiskani
Fiskani’s mother is deceased and his father abandoned him.
Edwin
Edwin’s father abandoned him when he was a young child, leaving him with his uncle.
Abiba
Abiba Ruth's father abandoned her, and her mother is terminally ill.
Sharon
Sharon's mother is deceased, and her father is unknown.
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.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.