My Name is
Deborah
Deborah
Deborah and her sister and cousin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012. The girls soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. Due to the Rwandan government's initiative to reunite children with relatives, Deborah no longer lives in the Village and is a day student at the Rafiki School. Rafiki continues to fund her full school scholarship and daily meals. Deborah is a gentle girl who loves others well.
DOB: Apr 1, 2008
Moses
Moses was left as an orphan after his mother was killed in a traffic accident. His father remains unknown.
Samuel
Samuel’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Dativa
Dativa and her half sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Issac
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gerald
After the death of both Gerald’s parents, he was living with his older sister.
Gift
Gift and her sister, Peace, were orphaned in 2010 when their father died of AIDs. Their mother abandoned the family in 2008 and is believed to be...
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Josiah
Josiah's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002.
Israel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Doreen
Doreen’s mother abandoned her in 2011, and her father is unknown.
Wesen
Wesen's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Abraham, eighteen months later.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old, and his father is unknown.
Munyithya
Munyithya's father died four months after he was born, and his mother followed eighteen months later before his second birthday.
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.
Sarah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dan
After both of Dan's parents died when he was a small child, he was placed in the care of an elderly and impoverished uncle.
Gad
Gad arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Rachel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jane
Both Jane's parents died when she was a young child, making her a double orphan.
Moses
Social Services recommended that Moses be removed from his home because his parents could not take care of him properly.
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac.
Darris
Darris's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.