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
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Dereck
Dereck and his twin sister were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Frank
Both Frank's parents died shortly after his birth.
Patience
Patience was abandoned by her mother in 2005, and her father cared for her until he died in 2008.
Umu
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Betty
Both of Betty’s parents died when she was young. Her mother contracted cerebral malaria, and her father died in a car accident.
Benjamin
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ben
Before arriving at the Rafiki village, Ben and his five siblings lived with their grandmother, along with her six children, in a one-room house.
Dinah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Charles
Charles was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage. Little is known about his background or his family.
Jamesetta
Jamesetta, her sister, Amelia, and her brother, Jimmy, arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012.
Sandra
Sandra and her twin brother, Isaac, moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2011.
Paula
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Daniel
Daniel and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Samuel
Samuel’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Peter
Peter's mother died of meningitis one month after his birth.
Deborah
Deborah and her sister and cousin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Hope
Hope’s father died HIV positive, and his mother was also living HIV positive and was very sick. She wanted Hope placed in a good home before she died.
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003 and John was placed in the care of his grandmother.
Elizabeth
After Elizabeth’s mother died in July of 2005, her children came to live with their maternal aunt who worked as a mother’s assistant at the Rafiki...
Meklit
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia, Meklit's grandmother cared for her.
Rachel
Rachel’s mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father remains unknown. Rachel was referred to the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006...
Godiya
Godiya’s father died before she was born, and her mother died when she was a year old.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.