My Name is
Godwin
Godwin
Godwin lived with his unemployed aunt and uncle before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011. Godwin is now a smart young man. He particularly enjoys studying mathematics, and he thinks he would like to become a pilot someday. He enjoys playing basketball, and he is really good at the sport. Godwin takes comfort in the fact that God loves him and cares for him. He continues to be thankful for the many blessings he has received at Rafiki.
DOB: Jul 16, 2008
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Peter
Peter's mother died of meningitis one month after his birth.
Janvier
Janvier arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Ariet
Ariet and her little brother Frankson were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Furahini
Furahini and her sister, Scolastika, lived with their grandmother after their mother disappeared.
Patrick
After Patrick’s mother and father died, he went to live with his uncle for a time.
Chloe
Chloe is a double orphan; both of her parents died when she was around three years old.
Rebeccah
Rebecca was admitted to a babies' home in October 2004.
Ethan
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Sharon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Vincent
Vincent’s parents passed away by the time he was four years old.
Josiah
Josiah's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002.
Furaha
Furaha and her two cousins were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Valante
Valante arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda 2010.
Nikolas
After both Nikolas's parents died when he was a young child, his ailing grandmother referred him to the Rafiki Foundation. He arrived at the Rafiki...
Frank
After the death of his parents, Frank's grandmother took care of him and his brother, James.
Gift
Gift was abandoned by his parents at a young age and placed in the care of his grandmother.
Augustine
Augustine, his twin brother Augustus, and older brother Gideon, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Elube
Elube’s parents died when she was a young child.
Theresa
Theresa was abandoned at seven months old by her mother at a shop in downtown Monrovia, Liberia.
Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.