My Name is
Mercy
Mercy
After both Mercy's parents died, she was placed in the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Now, Mercy has graduated from the Rafiki School. She is now attending university on scholarship. She studies law at the University of Jos. While at the Village, Mercy enjoyed reading and playing basketball. She says that God has been the greatest friend that she has ever had. She marvels at how God has revealed Himself in nature and His Word, and she is learning to see the hand of God in everything around her.
DOB: May 7, 1999
Mary
Mary lived with her maternal grandmother after her mother's death. Her mother died in 2003 when Mary just over one year old.
Candace
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Abel
Abel was found abandoned as a baby.
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father is unknown.
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.
Rosemary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Nehemiah
Both Nehemiah’s mother and father are deceased.
Yaw
Yaw and his two sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Janet
Janet's mother died in 2012, and it was soon confirmed that her mother's husband was not her biological father.
Smart
Smart’s mother died two weeks after his birth, and his father died soon after her.
Adella
After the death of her parents, Adella lived with her single aunt.
Frank
Frank arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Jacob
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Erica
Erica and her sister, Priscilla, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
Tracy
Both Tracy's (Tamar’s) parents died of illness in 2002.
Serena
Serena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Serena and her twin sister, Rena.
Israel
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.
Isaiah
Isaiah was placed into his grandparents care of following the death of his parents.
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Yeabsira
Not much is known about Yeabsira’s life before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia.
George
George's mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.