My Name is
Umu
Umu
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years after her father died and her mother disappeared. Blessing suffered from severe malnutrition, and she weighed only 12 pounds at age three. When Social Welfare discovered her fragile condition, they admitted her to the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center. Shortly after her hospital stay, Blessing was taken to the Rafiki Village Tanzania. She arrived in 2013. Blessing continues to be a sweet, loving young lady. She loves Jesus and enjoys singing praises to Him. She often prays for those around her and continues to grow in her knowledge of the Lord.
DOB: Jul 7, 2010
Philip
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Israel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Peace
Peace and her sister, Gift, were orphaned in 2010 when their father died of AIDs.
Isaac
Isaac’s Father died in 2006 from an illness, and his mother died giving birth to him.
Chloe
Chloe is a double orphan; both of her parents died when she was around three years old.
Jordan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Enoch
Enoch’s mother worked at Rafiki. Her last request before her death was her hope that Enoch could come to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Eva
Eva and her brother Lemmy were living with their grandmother, who attempted to feed the children on a daily basis but often was not able to.
Joanna
Joanna is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Janet, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Sharon
When Sharon was barely a toddler, her parents died in a fatal accident.
Hope
Hope and her half sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sophie
Sophie was found abandoned and malnourished as young child.
Gelane
Gelane’s parents died two years apart from one another.
Sindani
Sindani and her two older sisters were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their parents.
Takula
Takula’s mother died in 2005 of a fatal illness, and his father died two years later.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Hilda
Hilda was abandoned when she was two years old.
Rena
Rena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister, Serena.
Ariet
Ariet and her little brother Frankson were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Tendo
After Tendo and her two sisters, Christina and Peace, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned when she was just one week old.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.