My Name is
Linda
Linda
Linda's parents died in 2004. She was living with relatives for a time, but they found they could not provide for her and her brother, Caleb, and sought help. Linda and Caleb arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006. Linda is now a good student who enjoys school and excels in art. Linda enjoys interacting with others and thinks she would like to become a psychologist someday. She wants to live a godly life to honor and glorify God. Linda also wants to love her neighbors as herself, forgive others, and read God's Word often. She continues to pray to grow academically and to love others genuinely.
DOB: Aug 8, 2002
Elijah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jennifer
Jennifer's parents passed away in 2004. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in March 2007.
Rose
Rose was brought to a children's home in Moshi, Tanzania in 2008 by a pastor from a local church after she was abandoned by her mother.
Nicole
Nicole's mother abandoned her and her father remains unknown.
Centia
Centia arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Silas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
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...
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father is unknown.
Smart
Smart’s mother died two weeks after his birth, and his father died soon after her.
Abigail
Both of Abigail’s parents are deceased. Her father passed away the year she was born, and her mother died a year later.
Francesca
Francesca's mentally ill mother often left her and her two siblings unattended for days at a time.
Peter
Both Peter's mother and father died when he was an infant.
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his grandmother who could not care for him as a small child.
Gift
Gift was abandoned by his parents at a young age and placed in the care of his grandmother.
Moses
Moses and his twin sister were abandoned at a shopping center, found by strangers, and taken to a local district hospital.
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
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.
Segen
Segen's young mother abandoned her soon after giving birth to her, leaving Segen with her grandmother.
Baraka
Baraka’s mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father is unknown.
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
Jennifer
Jennifer is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Janet and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Elijah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sandra
Sandra and her two cousins arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.