My Name is
David

David
David’s mother died in 2007, and his father died in 2008. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010. Now, David loves to laugh and is always using his imagination to tell entertaining stories to his friends and teachers in the Village. The Rafiki Bible Study has taught David how important it is to love his Rafiki brothers and sisters.
DOB: May 12, 2005
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003, and her mother then died in 2009.
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Isaiah
Isaiah was placed into his grandparents care of following the death of his parents.
Lonnie
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, Lonnie was called “Lonely” because both of her parents were deceased.
Sharon
Sharon was found abandoned as a small child.
Chipo
Chipo’s parents died in a tragic bus accident. Chipo's mother was pregnant with her at the time of the bus accident, and she lived just long enough...
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Blessing
Blessing was abandoned by her mother, and her father remains unknown.
Dagim
Dagim's mother died shortly after his birth.
Bulus
Bulus and his brother, Mika, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Anna
Anna was left on a porch in Monrovia, Liberia when she was eighteen months old.
Leah
Leah was abandoned as a baby, and her parents remain unknown.
Naomie
Naomie arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Ato
Both of Ato's parents were deaf, mute, and mentally challenged.
Gracious
Gracious’s mother died of stomach cancer shortly after giving birth to her.
Augustine
Augustine, his twin brother Augustus, and older brother Gideon, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Alice
Alice arrived at Rafiki Village Rwanda in November 2009.
Anna
Anna arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006, a year after both her parents died.
Lillian
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Matias
After his mother died in 2009, Matias lived with his grandmother.
Leah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Phoebe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Christabel
After both of Christabel’s parents died of illness, she and her brother Jehosephat arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.