My Name is
Luka

Luka
Luka's mother died when he was a young child, and his father abandoned him. Luka was placed in the care of an aunt and elderly grandmother who could not care for him. Social welfare placed 3-year-old Luka at the Rafiki Village Zambia in 2007. He soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment at the Rafiki Village Zambia. Luka is a bright student who enjoys studying math and science. Luka believes Jesus is the Son of God and his personal Savior, Redeemer, and Mediator. He knows that God has saved him and made him His child. Luka has learned from God's Word that he must live for God, trust Him, and tell others about Him.
DOB: Aug 8, 2004
Prince
Prince and his two brothers, Randy and Emmanuel, were abandoned by their mother as young children. Prince and his brothers arrived at the Rafiki...
Martha
Martha's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
Emelyne
When Emelyne arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda, she soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment.
Janet
Janet's mother died in 2012, and it was soon confirmed that her mother's husband was not her biological father.
Babirye
Babirye and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Lydia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gabriela
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Theresa
Theresa was abandoned at seven months old by her mother at a shop in downtown Monrovia, Liberia.
John
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Job
Job was orphaned when his mother died in 2003. His father passed away two years earlier.
Peter
Both of Peter’s parents were killed during religious riots that occurred in 2004 in a village about two hours away from Jos, Nigeria.
Hillary
Hillary was found abandoned in the Moshi area when he was just four months old.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Joseph
Both of Joseph’s parents are deceased. He and his sister Abigail came to Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Brino
Brino and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
Mercy
Mercy’s mother passed away some time in 2003, and her father remains unknown.
Judith
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Yeabsira
Yeabisira's mother left him with her brother when he was just one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Dinah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jerome
Jerome was abandoned at a local hospital in Kampala, Uganda in 2005.
Atimbil
Atimbil and his brother and sister, Awumbe and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Susan
Susan's mother is deceased and her father is in jail.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.