My Name is
Rena

Rena
Rena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister, Serena. Her father also died in 2008 from an illness. Rena and her sister lived with an impoverished aunt who struggled to provide for the needs of the twins and her own children. She has appealed to the Rafiki Foundation for help, and the girls arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2010. Rena loves to tell and write stories, so naturally her favorite subject is English. She also loves to sing. When she grows up, she wants to be a singer or a writer, or both. She knows that Jesus loves her, and she is thankful to the Lord for the good education she receives from Rafiki.
DOB: May 18, 2006
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both of his parents at birth and was being cared for by a state-run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three,...
Leah
Leah was abandoned as a baby, and her parents remain unknown.
Fabrice
Fabrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Micah
Micah was just nine months old when both of his parents were killed by armed robbers.
Eve
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Sarah
Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her siblings to her great grandmother.
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
Rachel
Rachel was orphaned when she was just three months old and was then taken in by her grandparents.
Adeline
Adeline arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Kasayoka
Nancy's (Kasayoka) father died when she was two and her mother died eighteen months later.
Martin
Martin and his sister, Grace, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Luke
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rosemary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Moses
Moses and his twin sister were abandoned at a shopping center, found by strangers, and taken to a local district hospital.
Isaiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Elizabeth
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Eltonia
Eltonia and her younger brother, Kwaku, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Jennifer
Jennifer is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Janet and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Kevin
Kevin was found in the central district of Nairobi by the local police in December 2001. He was brought to a children’s home to wait while the...
Anne
Anne’s mother is physically handicapped and unable to care for her.
Adam
Adam’s mother died giving birth to him, and his father died from complications of malaria.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.