My Name is
Joanna
Joanna
Joanna is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Janet, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002. In her free time, Joanna enjoys listening to music and reflecting on the lyrics. Music gives her great joy and she is always eager to learn a new hymn. Joanna sees that God has been faithful to her in guiding her for many years. She is learning more about kindness and is quick to offer help when she sees someone in need. Joanna seeks to help others know God by sharing his Word and encouraging them in their personal devotions. Joanna prays that she will always be respectful to others and love God’s Word more each day.
DOB: Mar 24, 2002
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Tabitha
Tabitha was left in the care of her elderly grandparents after her mother died.
Inocent
Inocent was malnourished and small for his age when he arrived at Rafiki Village Tanzania in May 2012. His grandmother cared for him after he was...
Charles
After the death of their father, Charles and his brother, Denis, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small, one-room house.
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Biruk
Biruk’s mother was very young when she gave birth to him.
Mirriam
Mirriam’s father died in 2003, and her mother died two years later.
Mara
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dadi
Dadi arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Elizabeth
After Elizabeth’s mother died in July of 2005, her children came to live with their maternal aunt who worked as a mother’s assistant at the Rafiki...
Gladys
Gladys is a double orphan. Her mother died in 2006, and her father died in 2007.
Virginiah
Virginiah is a double orphan.
Ellen
Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November of 2010.
Michael
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Bethel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mary
Both of Mary’s parents were ill. Her father abandoned her mother, and her mother gave her up because she was too sick to care for her.
Metsenanat
Metsenanat was abandoned by her parents and given to her grandmother.
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,...
Aynalem
Aynalem was three years old when her mother died. Her father remains unknown.
Candace
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Fiskani
Fiskani’s mother is deceased and his father abandoned him.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.