My Name is
Darris
Darris
Darris's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast. He and his sister, Martha, were put in the care of their impoverished grandmother. Though she tried, she could not provide for the children's basic needs. Darris and his sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2011. Darrius enjoys studying science because he likes to learn about God's creation. He is not quite sure what he wants to be when he grows up yet, but he trusts that the Lord will lead him. His favorite hymn is "Holy, Holy, Holy" because it reminds him of the incomprehensible holiness of God.
DOB: Mar 16, 2006
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Shedrak
Shedrak’s mother died in 2006 and his father died shortly after.
Patricia
Patricia's early life was filled with tragedy; she never knew either of her parents.
Austin
Austin’s father died in an accident when he was cutting down a tree, and his mother died in November, 2009 from malaria.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old, and his father is unknown.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Lonnie
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, Lonnie was called “Lonely” because both of her parents were deceased.
Frank
Both Frank's parents died shortly after his birth.
Mphatso
Mphatso's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father remains unknown.
Innocent
Both of Innocent's parents are deceased. Soon after his mother's death, Innocent was diagnosed with tuberculosis and began treatment.
Deborah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jamila
Jamila's mother gave her over to the care of her aunt.
Israel
Israel’s mother was mentally incapable of caring for him, and his father is unknown.
Hilda
Hilda was abandoned when she was two years old.
Reuben
Reuben’s mother died in 2007, and his father is unknown.
Beulah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Samson
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Wesen
Wesen's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Abraham, eighteen months later.
Ruth
Both of Ruth's parents are deceased. She and her brother Christopher lived with their grandmother before she sought help from social welfare...
Ben
Ben’s mother died in November 2006, and his father sometime before that.
Umu
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Paula
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mubiana
Mubiana's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father abandoned him.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.