My Name is
Eltonia
Eltonia
Eltonia and her younger brother, Kwaku, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009. Eltonia is a sweet girl, and her joy spreads to everyone around her. She enjoys arts and crafts activities and also likes to read. Eltonia sees God's faithfulness in keeping her safe and providing a good life for her at the Rafiki Village. She continues to pray that her faith would grow and that she would diligently study for school.
DOB: Oct 13, 2004
Kelvin
After the death of their parents, Kelvin and his sister lived with their grandparents for a time.
Aquil
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Tabitha
Tabitha was left in the care of her elderly grandparents after her mother died.
Onesmus
Onesmus's mother passed away two months after he was born.
Gerald
After the death of both Gerald’s parents, he was living with his older sister.
Sarah
Sarah was born prematurely in a private clinic in March 2005. Her mother disappeared soon after she took Sarah to the hospital, and her father...
Beatrice
Beatrice’s mother was mentally ill and living on the streets.
Elizabeth
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Faith
Faith’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and her father died soon after in an accident.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
Benjamin
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ruth
Both of Ruth's parents are deceased. She and her brother Christopher lived with their grandmother before she sought help from social welfare...
Joshua
Joshua was abandoned by his sixteen-year-old mother.
Gabriela
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Hope
Hope’s father died HIV positive, and his mother was also living HIV positive and was very sick. She wanted Hope placed in a good home before she died.
Alexander
After his parents died, Alexander was placed in the care of a man in his village.
Gracious
Gracious’s mother died of stomach cancer shortly after giving birth to her.
Blessing
Blessing’s father died in a motor accident before she was born, and her mother died three weeks after her birth.
Rena
Rena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister, Serena.
Gideon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mercy
Mercy is a double orphan. She and and her sister Elikana were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.