My Name is
Daniel
Daniel
Daniel’s mother and father died in 2006 when he was an infant. He and his sister, Esther, arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2009. Daniel soon proved to be a good student. He also works hard at being an example to others in school. Daniel wants the other boys to look up to him as an example of leadership and to look like the young man God has called him to be.
DOB: Sep 19, 2005
Gift
Gift was abandoned by his parents at a young age and placed in the care of his grandmother.
Haggart
After both Haggart's parents died, he arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever.
Cristopher
Both of Christopher's parents died in 2004.
Jane
Jane and her sister and cousin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Korah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ethan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mara
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Biruk
Biruk’s mother was very young when she gave birth to him.
Ruth
Ruth’s mother brought her to the nursery of a hospital for an exam and then abandoned her there.
Abigail
Both of Abigail’s parents are deceased. Her father passed away the year she was born, and her mother died a year later.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth’s father died in 2005, and her mother died soon after in 2007.
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Dadi
Dadi arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Abenezer
Abenezer was just fifteen days old when his teenage mother gave him over to his grandmother.
Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.
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.
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Kelia
Kelia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Perpetual
Perpetual arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Tracy
Both Tracy's (Tamar’s) parents died of illness in 2002.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.