My Name is
Marie

Marie
Marie Jeanne arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010. She soon benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving family environment. She loves attending school and has learned how important it is to pray for others. Her faith continues to grow as she trusts in God and His plan for her life. Marie Jeanne praises God for the prayers he has answered in her life. Marie Jeanne is a boarding student at the Rafiki Village Rwanda.
DOB: Jan 1, 2006
George
After George’s mother and father died, he was placed in the care of his sixteen-year-old aunt.
Aneth
After the death of her parents, Aneth lived with her single aunt.
Mapalo
Mapalo’s grandmother was caring for ten of her grandchildren as well as four of her own children.
Neema
Neema's mother died while giving birth to her, and her father abandoned her.
Yamikani
Yamikani lost her father in 2004, and her mother was also dying of an illness at this time.
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Michael
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Lucia
Lucia’s mother died shortly after she gave birth to her.
Grace
Grace and her brother, Martin, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Akosua
Akosua and her twin brother Kwasi arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Jack
After Jack’s mother died in 2006, he began living with his grandparents. His grandmother died soon after that.
Eliya
Eliya and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Paul
Paul had no one to care for him after the death of his father in 2006.
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003. John was then placed in the care of his grandmother, but she struggled to provide for him and was unable to...
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.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Alice
Alice arrived at Rafiki Village Rwanda in November 2009.
Jane
Jane and her sister and cousin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Rachel
Both Rachel's parents died when she was two years old.
Negassa
Negassa's mother died in 2008, and his father abandoned him soon after her death.
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.