My Name is
Joseph
Joseph
Very little is known about Joseph's early years, except that his mother died and his father abandoned him. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007. Joseph has a compassionate heart and especially likes to pray for others who are in need. He is a hard worker and a good student who is serious about his studies. Joseph believes in Jesus Christ as his personal Lord and Savior. He also admires the apostle Paul and enjoys learning about how God changed his life.
DOB: Feb 27, 2004
Daniel
Daniel’s mother and father died in 2006 when he was an infant. He and his sister Esther arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2009.
Joshua
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rebecca
Rebecca’s mother died and her father was killed when she was a young child.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Janjay
Janjay’s mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died shortly after in a car accident.
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...
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003, and her mother then died in 2009.
Afia
Afia arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Micah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Stanley
Both of Stanley's parents contracted a fatal illness and died when he was a young child.
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old.
John
John’s father died a few years before his mother passed away in 2007.
Wesen
Wesen's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Abraham, eighteen months later.
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
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...
George
George was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Hilda
Hilda was abandoned when she was two years old.
Andrew
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2008, Andrew was a double orphan living with his impoverished aunt who only survived off the...
Austin
Austin’s father died in an accident when he was cutting down a tree, and his mother died in November, 2009 from malaria.
Salome
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.