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
Joshua
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Grace
Grace's father died in 2007 in a motor accident.
Juliet Babirye
Juliet and her twin brother Kato were brought to a babies' home as young children after they were abandoned by their mother and father.
Josiah
Josiah's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002.
Tiwonge
Tiwonge first arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Christopher
Christopher lost both of his parents between 2002 and 2003.
Rose
Rose was brought to a children's home in Moshi, Tanzania in 2008 by a pastor from a local church after she was abandoned by her mother.
Smart
Smart’s mother died two weeks after his birth, and his father died soon after her.
Ethel
Both Ethel's parents died within two years of each other.
Robert
Robert’s father admitted him to the hospital due to malnutrition in 2001.
Tapiwa
Tapiwa and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Morris
Morris’ was brought to an orphanage in Kitui in April, 2003 after both his parents died.
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Enala
Enala’s mother died shortly after giving birth to her twin brothers, and their father also died in 2007.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
Mehiret
Before coming to Rafiki, Mehiret lived with her maternal grandmother.
Jacob
Jacob is a double orphan. He lived with his aunt for a time after his parents died.
Augustine
Augustine, his twin brother Augustus, and older brother Gideon, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Ruth
Ruth’s mother died in September 2002, and her father is unknown.
Nakato
Nakato and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare. They were very...
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
Rabson
Rabson and his brother, Vincent, lived with their grandmother after their parents died in 2011.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.