My Name is
Gladys

Gladys
Gladys arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009. She is quite athletic and is often found playing soccer. As she has studied the women of the Bible, Gladys has learned that God is not looking for perfect people but for those who will obey Him. The hymn "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" encourages her and reminds her that no storms can destroy her while she's in God's arms.
DOB: Jul 24, 2003
Enoch
Enoch’s father died in 2008, and his mother died the following year.
Divine
Divine arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Peter
Both Peter's parents abandoned him when he was a young child.
Titus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown.
Korah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
Afia
Afia arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old.
Mirriam
Mirriam’s father died in 2003, and her mother died two years later.
Abraham
Abraham’s mother died when he was just nine months old.
Janet
Janet is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Tendo
After Tendo and her two sisters, Christina and Peace, were orphaned as small children, they lived with their grandmother for a time.
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness.
Elijah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Racheal
Racheal's birth mother has never been located. Her father took another wife, abandoned Racheal, and never returned. She arrived at the Rafiki...
Rebecca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Godwin
Godwin lived with his unemployed aunt and uncle before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011.
Dinah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Darris
Darris's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Negassa
Negassa's mother died in 2008, and his father abandoned him soon after her death.
James
James’s father died HIV+, and his mother also had HIV.
Abel
Abel was found abandoned as a baby.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.