My Name is
Josephine
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them. Both girls soon began to thrive at the Village. Josephine is an organized student who pays attention and participates well in class. She takes her education seriously and leads her classmates in study time after school. Josephine trusts Jesus because He is always there to carry her through her times of need. She understands the truth that salvation comes by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
DOB: Dec 27, 2001
John
John’s mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Sarah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dennis
Dennis arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Jamila
Jamila's mother gave her over to the care of her aunt.
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel lived with his elderly grandmother after the death of his parents.
Phineas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emily
Before Emily arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, she was in the care of an aunt and uncle who did not have the means to properly feed her.
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Innocent
Innocent’s mother died in 2005, and his father abandoned him, leaving him in the care of an uncle who also abandoned him as a child.
Nasha
Nasha, her sister, and cousin were in their grandmother's care after her father's death.
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003 and John was placed in the care of his grandmother.
Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Jack
After Jack’s mother died in 2006, he began living with his grandparents.
Zawady
Zawady is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2006.
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her.
Isaiah
Isaiah was placed into his grandparents care of following the death of his parents.
Daniel
Daniel and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Biruk
Biruk was eighteen months old when his mother died. He then moved in with his aunt.
Erica
Erica and her sister, Priscilla, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
Blaze
Blaze arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Honorine
Honorine (Mufasha) and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Stanley
Both of Stanley's parents contracted a fatal illness and died when he was a young child.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.