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
Abiba
Abiba Ruth's father abandoned her, and her mother is terminally ill.
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007, and his father died some years before that.
Dorine
Dorine and her twin sister, Irene, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother after they were abandoned by their parents.
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Prince
Prince and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
Tabitha
Tabitha was left in the care of her elderly grandparents after her mother died.
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Moses
Both of Moses's died when he was a young child.
Abel
Abel was found abandoned as a baby.
Elijah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Annie
When Annie’s parents passed away, she was placed in the care of her aunt.
Ashenofi
Both Ashenofi's parents died within a year of each other. He lived with an aunt after their deaths. However, his aunt was unable to properly care...
Adele
Adele’s father struggled under the weight of caring for a young son with cerebral palsy, the children’s blind grandmother, and his own kidney...
Witness
Witness lived most of her early life in an orphanage.
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nahum
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Silas
Silas arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Keza
Keza arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Nehemiah
Both Nehemiah’s mother and father are deceased.
Bethuel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sam
Sam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
John
John has charm and charisma; he is a happy boy and has a quick smile in spite of his difficult start in life.
Lois
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.