My Name is
Jacob
Jacob
Jacob first arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006 after the death of his parents. Jacob is now an excellent student who likes school. He strives to work hard in school and to be a good example to other boys in the Village. He enjoys singing tenor in the Rafiki choir. He would like to study computer engineering someday. Jacob continues to grow closer to God through His Word.
DOB: Oct 25, 2002
Moses
Both of Moses's died when he was a young child.
Moses
Moses was left as an orphan after his mother was killed in a traffic accident. His father remains unknown.
Bertha
Bertha lost both of her parents to an illness.
Bulus
Bulus and his brother, Mika, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Zachariah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Enoch
Enoch’s mother worked at Rafiki. Her last request before her death was her hope that Enoch could come to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Yeabsira
Not much is known about Yeabsira’s life before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia.
Sharon
Sharon's mother is deceased, and her father is unknown.
John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him with no one to care for him.
Augustine
Augustine, his twin brother Augustus, and older brother Gideon, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Mai
At age four, Mai was taken by a caretaker to Monrovia, Liberia to begin school.
Stephena
Stephena's father was killed by lightning and her mother died, along with Stephena's twin, while giving birth.
Shedrak
Shedrak’s mother died in 2006 and his father died shortly after.
Kofi
In 2006, both of Kofi’s parents died in a vehicular accident while they were transporting their farm produce to a nearby market.
Yordanos
After their father died and their mother abandoned them, Yordanos and her younger brother lived with their grandmother. Their grandmother could not...
Chloe
Chloe is a double orphan; both of her parents died when she was around three years old.
Patricia
Due to his own medical issues, Patricia's father could not provide for her basic needs after her mother's death.
Alice
Alice’s parents both died by 2005 and she was left in the care of her eighteen-year-old brother.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel and his sister, Mary, were born to a mentally-ill mother who lacked the mental and physical faculties to care for them, and their father...
Rebecca
Rebecca arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Bethuel
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.