My Name is
Hope

Hope
Hope’s father died HIV positive, and his mother was also living HIV positive and was very sick. She wanted Hope placed in a good home before she died. He had no living relatives that could take care of him. Hope arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2007. Hope's favorite subjects are math and physics because he is fond of numbers. He likes to read the Bible and his geography and history textbooks. Hope believes that Jesus is always present to guide him.
DOB: Jun 13, 2002
Keza
Keza arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both of his parents at birth and was being cared for by a state-run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three,...
Abigail
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Uwase
Uwase arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Clifford
Clifford and his brother, Namukolo, were living with their parents in the Kanakantappa Village when their mother died in 2010.
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac.
Charity
Both Charity's parents were killed during riots in Jos, Nigeria. She came to live at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2003.
Sarai
Sarai was taken in by her grandmother after the death of her father and mother.
Timothy
Timothy was orphaned as an infant and brought to a babies' home in Kitui in 1997.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Daniel
Daniel and his sister, Miriam, were placed in the care of their with their grandfather when their parents died.
Elizabeth
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Judith
After Judith’s mother passed away in 2006, she was placed in the care of her grandmother, who could not provide for her basic needs.
Myra
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Champ
Champ's mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Felix
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Charles
Charles was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage. Little is known about his background or his family.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel lived with his elderly grandmother after the death of his parents.
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sara
Sara's mother abandoned her when she was a young child, and her father remains unknown.
Naomie
Naomie arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Rebeccah
Rebecca was admitted to a babies' home in October 2004.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.