My Name is
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009. He soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. Emmanuel is confident that God is with him in all things, and he knows that God brought him to Rafiki. He is thankful for the opportunity to learn, study God's Word, and now share with his extended relatives who God is. Emmanuel is a boarding student at the Rafiki Village Rwanda.
DOB: Dec 28, 2005
Rich
Rich’s mother died in 2011, and his father abandoned him.
Praise
Praise's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father abandoned him.
Tabitha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Claire
Claire arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Rinet
Rinet's mother was terminally ill and not expected to live much longer when it was suggested that Rinet be moved to the Rafiki Village.
Jonah
Jonah’s father died when he was just a year old, and his mother died soon after.
Ellen
Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November of 2010.
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
Leah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Zawady
Zawady is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2006.
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
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.
Gladys
Gladys is a double orphan. Her mother died in 2006, and her father died in 2007.
Jamila
Jamila's mother gave her over to the care of her aunt.
Lazarus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Winnie
Winnie's young mother died while giving birth to her, and her father died after being hit by a car.
Flavia
Flavia and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Christine
Christine was found abandoned as a baby and was admitted into a babies’ home in 2004.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Benjamin
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Silas
Silas arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mary
Mary was referred to the Rafiki Village Kenya by an orphanage about four hours away. She came to Rafiki in October 2004.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.