My Name is
Erick

Erick
Erick lived with his impoverished uncle who could not provide for his needs before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007. Now, Erick enjoys math class. He is also a good athlete and musician. Erick says he is inspired by Rafiki's Founder, Rosemary Jensen, because she is a fervent prayer warrior for Rafiki in Africa.
DOB: Mar 31, 2001
Jessica
Jessica was found abandoned as an infant at a community school on September 14, 2009 and was taken to the police station.
Titus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Randy
Randy and his two brothers Prince and Emmanuel were abandoned by their mother when she left to visit relatives and never returned.
Inocent
Inocent was malnourished and small for his age when he arrived at Rafiki Village Tanzania in May 2012. His grandmother cared for him after he was...
Patricia
Due to his own medical issues, Patricia's father could not provide for her basic needs after her mother's death.
Ruth
Both of Ruth's parents are deceased. She and her brother Christopher lived with their grandmother before she sought help from social welfare...
Josephine
Josephine and her sister Tendo were living in a local hospital in Kampala for some time. They were then placed in a temporary home for abandoned...
Thomas
Both Thomas's parents died from unknown causes when he was a young child, and the people in his village were unable to provide sufficient care for...
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry.
Beniyam
Beniyam was born in Mojo. His mother died when he was three years old, and his father abandoned him, giving him to his maternal grandparents.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Issac
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007, and his father died some years before that.
Rachel
Both Rachel's parents died when she was two years old.
Joseph
Very little is known about Joseph's early years, except that his mother died and his father abandoned him.
Rachael
Rachael and her sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010.
Comfort
Both of Comfort’s parents died when she was a young child. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004.
Ben
Before arriving at the Rafiki village, Ben and his five siblings lived with their grandmother, along with her six children, in a one-room house.
Adele
Adele’s father struggled under the weight of caring for a young son with cerebral palsy, the children’s blind grandmother, and his own kidney...
Paulina
Paulina’s father died before she was born, and her mother died in 2003.
Abigail
Abigail was originally part of the second group of triplets to arrive at the Rafiki Village Ghana.
Honorine
Honorine (Mufasha) and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father disappeared after her mother's death.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.