My Name is
Alex
Alex
Both of Alex's parents died of terminal illnesses between 2003 and 2004. He was then referred by Social Welfare to begin living in the Rafiki Village Uganda and was welcomed to his new home in 2006. Alex now dreams of becoming a lawyer or an oil engineer in the future. He believes that his favorite subjects will prepare him for his future career, namely geography, history, English, chemistry, biology, and physics. Alex seeks to trust God and not lean on his own understanding.
DOB: Dec 12, 2001
Shadreck
Shadreck’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Gelane
Gelane’s parents died two years apart from one another.
Isaac
Isaac's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Paul, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012. The boys' mother passed...
Caleb
Caleb’s parents died when he was four years old, and his relatives were unable to care for him because they are impoverished and relied on...
Janet
Janet's mother died in 2012, and it was soon confirmed that her mother's husband was not her biological father.
Timothy
Timothy was abandoned at a church as a small child.
Awumbe
Awumbe and his brother and sister, Atimbil and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Tabitha
Tabitha was left in the care of her elderly grandparents after her mother died.
Mirriam
Mirriam’s father died in 2003, and her mother died two years later.
Luke
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Diane
Diane arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Grace
Grace's parents are both deceased. As an infant, she was in the care of an aunt who soon was unable to care for her properly.
Fred
Fred and his two brothers Champ and George were placed in the care of an elderly woman because their mother, who had physical disabilities, could...
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old, and his father is unknown.
Paul
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emmanuel
Both Emmanuel's parents abandoned him when he was a small child.
Sam
Sam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Elizabeth
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Umu
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Nixon
The father of Nixon died early in his life and his mother had a fatal illness. She and the extended family felt it best to give Nixon a new start...
Makatee
Makatee’s mother died in a car accident when she was eleven months old.
Karen
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.