My Name is
Grace
Grace
Grace's father died in 2007 in a motor accident, and her mother died while giving birth to her and her twin brother. Grace's twin died the night before they were to arrive at Rafiki together. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2007. Grace has been intentional about listening to the godly people in her life and has been strengthened by the wisdom her godly teachers have given her. She wants to remain surrounded by people who encourage her to pursue godliness, and she prays to stand firm in the Lord.
DOB: Nov 4, 2007
Clinton
After the death of their parents, Clinton and his sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009.
Nahom
When Nahom was just three years old, his mother died of a sudden illness, and after the mourning period, his father abandoned him.
Obadiah
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...
Israel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dinah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Michelle
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Micah
Micah was just nine months old when both of his parents were killed by armed robbers.
Gelane
Gelane’s parents died two years apart from one another.
Paul
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Janet
Janet's mother died in 2012, and it was soon confirmed that her mother's husband was not her biological father.
Nicodemus
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Mary
Both of Mary’s parents were ill. Her father abandoned her mother, and her mother gave her up because she was too sick to care for her.
Isaac
Isaac's mother died while delivering him, and his father died the following year in a car accident.
Pamela
Pamela and her brother, Francis, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Lucia
Lucia’s mother died shortly after she gave birth to her and there were no records of her father or other relatives.
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother, Malesse, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Matias
After his mother died in 2009, Matias lived with his grandmother.
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Biruk
Biruk’s mother was very young when she gave birth to him.
Mapalo
Mapalo’s grandmother was caring for ten of her grandchildren as well as four of her own children.
Blessing
Blessing’s father died in a motor accident before she was born, and her mother died three weeks after her birth.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.