My Name is
Adella
Adella
After the death of her parents, Adella lived with her single aunt. Though she tried, her aunt could not provide for Adella's basic needs. Adella and her cousin Aneth arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2005. Adella is a conscientious, excellent student. She has high goals for herself and plans to work hard to achieve them. Adella is an avid reader and is often found with a book. She has also taken up the sport of basketball and is enjoying playing with the other girls. Adella is sure of her salvation because she trusts in Christ as her Lord and Savior.
DOB: Oct 10, 2004
Judith
Judith’s father died in 2008, and her mother died in 2009.
Jane
Jane and her sister and cousin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Hilda
Hilda was abandoned when she was two years old.
Isaiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gift
Gift was abandoned by his parents at a young age and placed in the care of his grandmother.
Joshua
Joshua's parents were killed in 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and the families living there. Joshua, his twin brother Gideon, and...
Phineas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Lazarus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
James
James’s father died HIV+, and his mother also had HIV.
Isaac
Isaac and his twin sister, Sandra, moved to their home at the Rafiki Village Ghana in March 2011.
Felix
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gelane
Gelane’s parents died two years apart from one another.
Rosemary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Yamikani
Yamikani lost her father in 2004, and her mother was also dying of an illness at this time.
Rebecca
Rebecca arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
John
John’s mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Charles
After the death of their father, Charles and his brother, Denis, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small, one-room house.
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Ellen
Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November of 2010.
Julius
Julius’s mother abandoned him after his father died. He came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in March 2008.
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Tabitha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Issac
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.