My Name is
Maria
Maria
After both Maria's parents died, she was left in the care of her impoverished grandmother who could not adequately care for her. Social welfare services recommended that Maria be placed at the Rafiki Village Malawi; she arrived at the Village in 2007. Maria trusts Jesus and has made a commitment to lean on God for all things. She marvels at the fact that God is both a jealous and loving God.
DOB: Aug 20, 2001
Simon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Grace
Grace's father died in 2007 in a motor accident.
Tonny
Tonny’s mother abandoned him immediately after birth.
Dalitso
Dalitso and his twin sister, Blessing, moved four times after their mother died when they were babies.
Margaret
Margaret’s mother died when she was an infant.
Molly
Molly was abandoned when she was eight months old and brought to a local police station in 2003.
Alice
After Alice’s mother and father died, she and her brother Wilson were left in the care of an uncle.
Mary
Mary and her brother, Emmanuel, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002.
Hannah
Both of Hannah's parents are deceased. Her father passed away two years after she was born and her mother died a year later.
Naomi
Naomi and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Philip
Philip’s mother died in childbirth, and his father died of cancer in 2005.
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
Chawanangwa
Both Chawanangwa’s parents are deceased.
Kelvin
Kelvin and his sister had been in the care of their grandparents since the death of their mother and father. The grandparents found it difficult to...
Daniel
Daniel’s mother and father died in 2006 when he was an infant. He and his sister Esther arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2009.
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...
Esther
When Esther’s parents passed away, she was placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Olivier
Both of Olivier’s parents died—his father before he was born and his mother a year after his birth.
Joe
Joe was placed in the care of an aunt after his mother and father died.
Diana
Diana and her twin brother, Dereck were brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2006.
Spencer
Both of Spencer's parents are deceased, and he was living with his elderly, impoverished grandmother in a desperate situation.
Joseph
Joseph's mother was disabled, and they were internally displaced as a result of the 2007-post-presidential elections violence.
Ebenezer
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.