My Name is
Boaz

Boaz
Boaz's mother lacked the mental and physical faculties to adequately care for him. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2008. He now enjoys living and learning in a loving environment. Boaz's favorite subject is science because it is practical. Boaz aspires to be strong in faith like the Apostle Paul was, and he understands that nothing will separate him from the love of God.
DOB: Jul 11, 2005
Susanna
Susanna’s mother died within a month of giving birth to her. Her father abandoned her and was then reported to have died.
Violet
After Violet’s parents died, her elderly grandfather enlisted her for household help with chores, cooking, and carrying firewood.
Julius
Julius’s mother abandoned him after his father died. He came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in March 2008.
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...
Paula
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Lisa
Lisa’s mother died when she was two years old, and her father died two years later.
Michael
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Paul
Paul's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Isaac, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012.
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning Grace.
Eve
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Reuben
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.
Samson
Both of Samson's parents died when he was a young child.
Jane
Jane and her twin brother Jimmy were brought to a police station after their mother died in a local hospital.
Christabel
After both of Christabel’s parents died of illness, she and her brother Jehosephat arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008.
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her.
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Francesca
Francesca's mentally ill mother often left her and her two siblings unattended for days at a time.
Catherine
Catherine was abandoned immediately after she was born.
Ebenezer
Ebenezer and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Brian
Brian’s mother died at childbirth, and his father remains unknown. Brian was then placed in an orphanage about four hours from the Rafiki Village...
Edwin
Edwin’s father abandoned him when he was a young child, leaving him with his uncle.
Aidah
Aida was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by the Katherine Hines Ministries, a local orphanage in Kampala.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.