My Name is
Brian

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 Kenya. He arrived at the Village in 2004. “Cheru” is a hard-working student who takes the initiative to go more than the extra mile. He is a humble, honest, trustworthy student, and an outstanding athlete in soccer.
DOB: Sep 4, 2000
Ezekiel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Benon
Benon was born to a fifteen-year-old mother who died in child birth. His grandfather was old and unable to care for him. He was brought to an...
Memory
Memory was found in the care of a 65-year-old widow who lived in a village subsidized by the government for the homeless.
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Baraka
Baraka’s mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father is unknown.
Julie
Following the death of their parents, Julie and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Nicodemus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Kyle
Kyle was abandoned by his father shortly after he was born.
Violet
After Violet’s parents died, her elderly grandfather enlisted her for household help with chores, cooking, and carrying firewood.
Lydia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Samuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac.
Monicah
Monicah's mother is believed to be dead, and her father is unknown.
Caroline
Caroline's parents died within one year of each other before she turned three years old.
Issac
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Josephine
Josephine’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Theresa
Marie
Marie and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Jehu
Jehu's mother died of yellow fever and his father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Sharon
Sharon's mother is deceased and her father is unknown.
Zachariah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Fiyete
Fiyete arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Biruk
Biruk was eighteen months old when his mother died. He then moved in with his aunt.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.