My Name is
Hope

Hope
Hope and her half sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009. She soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. Hope has learned to pray and trust God in all things. She continues to mature in her faith and seeks to have quiet time with the Lord each day. Hope is a boarding student at the Rafiki Village Rwanda.
DOB: Oct 18, 2006
Violet
After Violet’s parents died, her elderly grandfather enlisted her for household help with chores, cooking, and carrying firewood.
Naomi
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Claude
Claude arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Eva
Eva and her brother Lemmy were living with their grandmother, who attempted to feed the children on a daily basis but often was not able to.
Zachariah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Lillian
Lillian lost both her parents to AIDS when she was a young child.
Andrew
Andrew arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui, Kenya in 2000.
Champ
Champ's mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Belis
Belis' mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Dadi
Dadi arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Umu
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Shedrak
Shedrak’s mother died in 2006 and his father died shortly after.
Salvio
Salvio's mother died shortly after giving birth to him. His neighbors tried to help but had six children of their own and were unable to adequately...
Adella
After the death of her parents, Adella lived with her single aunt.
Gelane
Gelane’s parents died two years apart from one another.
Eve
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Memory
Memory and her twin brother, Uchizi, had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown.
Sharon
Sharon was found abandoned as a small child.
Samuel
Samuel’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007, and his father died some years before that.
Noah
Noah’s mother died a few days after giving birth to him. He was then placed in the care of his maternal grandmother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.