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
Tabitha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
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...
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Dadi
Both of Dadi’s parents died in 2005.
Julie
Following the death of their parents, Julie and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Akosua
Akosua and her twin brother Kwasi arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Sharon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Meklit
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia, Meklit's grandmother cared for her.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
Andrew
Andrew arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui, Kenya in 2000.
Daniel
Daniel and his sister, Miriam, were placed in the care of their with their grandfather when their parents died.
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.
Rose
Rose's mother passed away in 2005, and her father remains unknown.
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
Jummai
Both Jummai's parents died within two years of each other, and Jummai and her brother Ezekiel were left to be raised by her grandmother.
Eunice
Eunice's father died when she was two years old, and her mother died a year later.
Comfort
Comfort arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Peter
Peter’s grandmother and other relatives cared for him after the death of his parents.
Bernice
After the death of their parents, Bernice and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Eves
After the death of both of her parents, Eves was left in the care of an impoverished aunt who could not properly feed her.
Gladys
Gladys arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Tiwonge
Tiwonge first arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Lucy
After Lucy's parents died in 2011, she lived with an unemployed uncle and his children until Social Welfare contacted the Rafiki Foundation in 2012...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.