My Name is
Atsu
Atsu
Atsu arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009. Atsu loves to play soccer, and he dreams of playing professionally for Ghana. He knows Jesus as his personal Lord and Savior. From the Rafiki Bible Study, he has learned that Christians are to live lives that are pleasing to God by reading His Word and living according to it.
DOB: Oct 24, 2006
Joe
Joe was placed in the care of an uncle after his mother and father died in 2010.
Zachariah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Furaha
Furaha and her two cousins were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Issac
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Blessing
Blessing’s father died in a motor accident before she was born, and her mother died three weeks after her birth.
Evess
After the death of both of her parents, Evess was left in the care of an impoverished aunt who could not properly feed her.
Deborah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Leonard
Leonard is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Boniface, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Beniyam
Beniyam was born in Mojo. His mother died when he was three years old, and his father abandoned him, giving him to his maternal grandparents.
Darris
Darris's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Aquila
Aquila and his sister Priscilla literally lost their father in Jan 2000, when he went missing after riots broke out near their village. Considered...
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Adella
After the death of her parents, Adella lived with her single aunt.
Divine
Divine arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Gift
Gift was abandoned by his parents at a young age and placed in the care of his grandmother.
Grace
Grace was orphaned when she was only three months old.
Rachel
Rachel was orphaned when she was just three months old and was then taken in by her grandparents.
Prince
Prince and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
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.
Micah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Catherine
Catherine’s mother died in 2005, and her father committed suicide in 2008.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.