My Name is
Janvier
Janvier
Janvier arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008. He soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. As he prays to the Lord, Janvier's faith continues to grow. He thanks the Lord for the opportunity to be in the Rafiki School, where he learns about the Bible and other subjects in a Christian environment. Janvier is a boarding student at the Rafiki Village Rwanda.
DOB: May 19, 2005
Barakael
Barakael's mother died when he was one year old, and his father is unknown.
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother, Malesse, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Patience
Patience was abandoned by her mother in 2005, and her father cared for her until he died in 2008.
Centia
Centia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Jeff
Jeff’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Eyob
After his father's death, Eyob's mother abandoned him.
Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother, Kelvin, went to live with their grandparents.
Theresa
Theresa’s mother died within days after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Josephine.
Celestina
Celestina and her sister, Esther, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Benon
Benon was born to a fifteen-year-old mother who died in child birth. His grandfather was old and unable to care for him. He was brought to an...
Grace
Grace's parents are both deceased. As an infant, she was in the care of an aunt who soon was unable to care for her properly.
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown.
Gertrude
Gertrude (Trudy) was orphaned after her father and mother died within a year of each other.
Kelia
Kelia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Emmanuella
Emmanuella (Muki) arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Blessing
Blessing and her twin brother Dalitso, had moved four times since their mother died when they were babies. They lived at two babies’ homes and then...
Martha
After the death of her parents, Martha and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Samson
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Samuel
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.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.