My Name is
Naomi
Naomi
Naomi’s father died when she was a year old. Her mother is also deceased. She and her sister, Eden, went to live with their uncle. He had several children of his own and was also his grandfather's caretaker. Overburdened with many to care for and with little means to do so, the uncle worked with social welfare to send Naomi and Eden to the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Naomi is now a good student who likes school. Naomi has learned to trust God simply because of who He is. She is grateful for the love that God shows her, and she marvels at God's faithfulness and how he never goes back on a promise.
DOB: Jul 6, 2000
Witness
Witness lived most of her early life in an orphanage.
Prisca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Faustin
Faustin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Clarisse
Clarisse arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Issac
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Enid
Enid arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Loveness
Loveness is a double orphan; her mother died just ten months after she was born, and her father died some time before that.
Elijah
Elijah was referred to Rafiki by an orphanage four hours away from the Village.
Abenezer
Abenezer was just fifteen days old when his teenage mother gave him over to his grandmother.
Justina
Justina and her twin sister Josephine arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Akosua
Akosua and her twin brother Kwasi arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Blessing
Blessing’s father died in a motor accident before she was born, and her mother died three weeks after her birth.
Nancy
Nancy was placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
John
John’s mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Aaron
Aaron lived with his grandmother before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia
Gabriela
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Lonnie
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, Lonnie was called “Lonely” because both of her parents were deceased.
James
After the death of his parents, James's grandmother took care of him and his brother, Frank.
Matias
After his mother died in 2009, Matias lived with his grandmother.
Luka
Luka's mother died when he was a young child, and his father abandoned him.
Derrick
Derrick was referred to Rafiki by a local children's ministry.
Ruth
Both of Ruth's parents are deceased. She and her brother Christopher lived with their grandmother before she sought help from social welfare...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.