My Name is
Baraka

Baraka
Baraka’s mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father was unknown. He lived with his impoverished grandparents, but they had very little income and could not provide for his basic needs or schooling. Social Welfare, his grandparents, and the Rafiki staff agreed that the best place for Baraka was at Rafiki Village Tanzania. He arrived in 2014. Baraka now works diligently in school and is learning the value of hard work. He loves Christ because he knows that Christ first loved him. He strives to please the Lord by his actions in his school work. Baraka is thankful to the Lord to be living at Rafiki.
DOB: Jun 6, 2008
Catherine
Catherine was abandoned immediately after she was born.
Susan
Susan was abandoned as a child and was placed in a temporary place for abandoned children before being assigned to the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006.
Faustin
Faustin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Rabson
Rabson and his brother, Vincent, lived with their grandmother after their parents died in 2011.
Boaz
Boaz's mother lacked the mental and physical faculties to adequately care for him. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2008.
Beulah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old.
Tizeta
Tizeta was abandoned by her mother, and her father is unknown.
Millicent
After the death of her father and mother, Millicent was placed in the care of her aunt.
Innocent
Innocent is a double orphan. He and his sister were approved by Social Welfare to come to Rafiki in May 2008. They have rapidly transformed thanks...
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.
Sam
Sam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Nasha
Nasha, her sister, and cousin were in their grandmother's care after her father's death.
Memory
Memory’s mother died four days after her birth.
Jeff
Jeff’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Samuel
Samuel was found wandering the streets of his village when he was two years old.
Selah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sharon
When Sharon was barely a toddler, her parents died in a fatal accident.
Onesmus
Onesmus's mother passed away two months after he was born.
Fortuna
Fortuna and her brother Surafel were left in their uncle's care when their mother and father died.
Charity
Both Charity's parents were killed during riots in Jos, Nigeria. She came to live at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2003.
Silas
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.