My Name is
Joseph

Joseph
Joseph and his sister arrived at the Village in 2009. He soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. Now, Joseph continues to grow in his faith. He reads his Bible daily and enjoys studying the Bible through the Rafiki Bible Study. He also strives to be diligent in his prayer life and enjoys attending church service each Sunday. Joseph is a day student at the Rafiki School in Rwanda.
DOB: Sep 11, 2004
Rhoda
Rhoda's mother died when she was a small child, and her father abandoned her.
Darris
Darris's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Barakael
Barakael's mother died when he was one year old, and his father is unknown.
Frank
After the death of his parents, Frank's grandmother took care of him and his brother, James.
Valante
Valante arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda 2010.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Paula
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Abigail
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Vivian
Both of Vivian's parents died in 2005. She briefly lived with a maternal uncle, but he was unable to care properly for Vivian.
Ebenezer
Ebenezer and his brother, Edmund, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in May 2009.
Makatee
.Makatee’s mother died in a car accident when she was eleven months old.
Emmanuel
Both Emmanuel's parents abandoned him when he was a small child.
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Amos
Amos was abandoned in Kitui near the police station when he was only two years old.
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever.
Priscilla
Priscilla and her sister, Erica, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
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.
John
Very few details are known about John. His mother is deceased and his father is presumed to be as well.
Memory
Memory’s mother died four days after her birth.
Chukwudi
Chukwudi is a double orphan, having lost his father in 2005 and his mother in 2008.
Leah
Leah has been an orphan since 2003.
Abiba
Abiba Ruth's father abandoned her, and her mother is terminally ill.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.