My Name is
Rich

Rich
Rich’s mother died in 2011, and his father abandoned him. A church member cared for Rich until he was brought to the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2012. Rich is now a fun-loving young man. Rich is smart, and he continues to learn the value of hard work. As he studies the Bible in school and at home, Rich's faith continues to increase. He enjoys praying for those around him in need, and he is thankful to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania. Rich knows that God is with him and guides him in all things.
DOB: Apr 25, 2007
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Lucy
After Lucy's parents died in 2011, she lived with an unemployed uncle and his children until Social Welfare contacted the Rafiki Foundation in 2012...
Uchizi
Uchizi and his twin sister had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown
Aaron
Aaron lived with his grandmother before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
Wesen
Wesen's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Abraham, eighteen months later.
Mitchiel
Mitchiel was brought to the Nairobi Children’s Home in May 2001 by the local police after her mentally ill mother was placed in a psychiatric...
Kofi
In 2006, both of Kofi’s parents died in a vehicular accident while they were transporting their farm produce to a nearby market.
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Moses
Moses’s parents both died within a year of each other, leaving him orphaned as an infant.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandparents shortly after her birth.
Joshua
Joshua was abandoned by his sixteen-year-old mother.
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Naomi
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Lackson
Lackson became a double orphan at age 6 when both his mother and father died.
Frank
Frank's mother is deceased, and his father is in prison. After his father was imprisoned, Frank was left in the care of an elderly widowed neighbor.
Surafel
Surafel and his sister, Fortuna, where left in the care of an uncle after their mother and father died.
Clinton
After the death of their parents, Clinton and his sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009.
Sharon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Paula
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Victoria
Vicky was abandoned by both her parents at birth and brought to the state-run orphanage in Jos, Nigeria. Vicky was severely malnourished and in...
Tiwonge
Tiwonge first arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Catherine
Both Catherine's mother and father are deceased.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.