My Name is
Hilda
Hilda
Hilda was abandoned when she was two years old. She was brought to the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center hospital in 2009 before being taken to a short-term orphanage. The orphanage contacted the Rafiki Foundation concerning her long-term care and education. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2012. Hilda is a sweet, quiet young woman. She continues to work hard in school to do the best that she can. She is grateful to be safe and cared for at the Rafiki Village. Hilda enjoys singing praises to God and studying His Word with her Rafiki family each day.
DOB: Feb 11, 2006
Olivia
Olivia and her twin sister, Gloria, were placed in the care of their uncle after their father died.
Marie
Marie Jeanne arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Levi
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Alice
Alice’s parents both died by 2005 and she was left in the care of her eighteen-year-old brother.
Zachariah
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 placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
Racheal
After both her parents died, Racheal lived in her grandfather's care.
Hebron
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Peter
Both Peter's mother and father died when he was an infant.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Denise
When Denise was one month old, she was abandoned at the Kenyatta National hospital.
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Samuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Nasha
Nasha, her sister, and cousin were in their grandmother's care after her father's death.
Jamesetta
Jamesetta, her sister, Amelia, and her brother, Jimmy, arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012.
Candace
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jack
After Jack’s mother died in 2006, he began living with his grandparents.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Francis
Francis and his sister, Pamela, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Onesmus
Onesmus's mother passed away two months after he was born.
Ruth
After the death of their parents, Ruth and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Abel
Abel's mother died when he was one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.