My Name is
Rachel

Rachel
Both Rachel's parents died when she was two years old. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi and soon bonded well with her Rafiki brothers and sisters. Rachel excels in geography and language arts. She loves Jesus as personal Lord and Savior and is grateful for His mercies. Rachel likes to reflect on how God is Creator, especially when she sees the beauty of the mountains and landscapes in her country.
DOB: May 28, 2002
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father disappeared after her mother's death.
Faustin
Faustin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Erick
Erick’s mother died a few hours after he was born due to complications with his delivery.
Mathew
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Fabrice
Fabrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Benon
Benon was born to a fifteen-year-old mother who died in child birth. His grandfather was old and unable to care for him. He was brought to an...
Metsenanat
Metsenanat was abandoned by her parents and given to her grandmother.
Mary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents.
Shedrak
Shedrak’s mother died in 2006 and his father died shortly after.
Eden
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Anna
Anna arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006, a year after both her parents died.
Prisca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Catherine
Catherine was abandoned immediately after she was born.
Robert
Robert’s father admitted him to the hospital due to malnutrition in 2001.
Ashenofi
Both Ashenofi's parents died within a year of each other. He lived with an aunt after their deaths. However, his aunt was unable to properly care...
Salome
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Yordanos
Yordanos’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandfather, in 2006.
Adam
Adam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Mavis
Mavis was orphaned when both of her parents died of illnesses.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.