My Name is
Laurine
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006, and she arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi a year later. She soon radiated with joy and embraced her new life. Laurine enjoys singing and making music, and she is the leader of the six-member "Amazing Grace Choir." Laurine believes that nothing can separate her from God's love for her. She is determined to love others as Jesus has loved her.
DOB: Nov 30, 2000
Korah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aquila
Aquila and his sister Priscilla literally lost their father in Jan 2000, when he went missing after riots broke out near their village. Considered...
Annie
After the death of both her parents, Annie was cared for by her aunt.
Gift
Gift was abandoned by his parents at a young age and placed in the care of his grandmother.
Martha
After the death of her parents, Martha and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Takula
Takula’s mother died in 2005 of a fatal illness, and his father died two years later.
Tabitha
Tabitha was abandoned as a child, and none of her family members were able to care for her.
Ruth
After the death of their parents, Ruth and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Mabel
Mabel, her brother, and her sister moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010.
Natnael
After his mother died, Natnael went to live with his grandmother.
Randall
Randall was abandoned by his mother shortly after his birth.
Adwoa
Adwoa and her sister, Akua, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Tapiwa
Tapiwa and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Peter
Peter's mother died of meningitis one month after his birth.
Dennis
Dennis lived with his grandmother after his mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for him, and his father abandoned the family when he...
Tabitha
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
Isaka
Isaka's mother was unable to care for him due to physical limitations, so he was placed in an orphanage that cared for young children.
Blaze
Blaze arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Lucy
After Lucy's parents died in 2011, she lived with an unemployed uncle and his children until Social Welfare contacted the Rafiki Foundation in 2012...
Valante
Valante's mother died of complications while giving birth to him, and his father died shortly after her.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry.
Christabel
After both of Christabel’s parents died of illness, she and her brother Jehosephat arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.