My Name is
Miriam
Miriam
Miriam was found at a local market in the Machakos district of Kenya. She was then placed in a babies’ home, and no one came to check on her or claim her. Social services recommended that she be placed in a more permanent setting and referred her to the Rafiki Village Kenya; she arrived in 2005. Miriam soon proved to be a self-motivated, disciplined student. She cooperates well with others and is actively engaged in class. She enjoys soccer and volleyball, and she enthusiastically strives to reach her full potential. She has learned through the Rafiki Bible Study that Jesus is the founder and perfecter of her faith. She strives to pursue hope, faith, and love.
DOB: Jul 12, 2005
Malesse
Malesse and his twin sister, Zelalem, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Hope
Hope arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Eve
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
James
James’s father died HIV+, and his mother also had HIV.
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother, Malesse, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Alice
After Alice’s mother and father died, she and her brother Wilson were left in the care of an uncle.
Brighton
Brighton came to the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 along with his older brother Petros after the death of their parents.
Genet
Genet’s mother died when she was a year old, and her father is unknown.
Brian
Brian’s mother died at childbirth, and his father remains unknown. Brian was then placed in an orphanage about four hours from the Rafiki Village...
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
John’s parents were killed in a tragic bus accident. His mother was pregnant with his little sister, Chipo, at the time of the accident, and she...
Enoch
Enoch’s mother died within two months of his birth, and his father remains unknown.
Kyle
Kyle was abandoned by his father shortly after he was born.
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003 and John was placed in the care of his grandmother.
Fabrice
Fabrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Francis
Francis and his sister, Pamela, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Jimmy
Jimmy and his twin sister Jane were brought to a local police station after their mother died in the Kenyatta National hospital.
Issac
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jeremiah
Before Jeremiah arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011, he lived at a children's home in Moshi for four years with no known family.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joanna
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.