My Name is
Rinet
Rinet
Rinet's mother was terminally ill and not expected to live much longer. Social services recommended that Rinet be moved to the Rafiki Village, and she arrived in 2013. Rinet is now an outstanding math student and enjoys math the most out of all her subjects. Once she finishes her schooling, she hopes to become an accountant so that she can continue working with numbers. Rinet is thankful to God for teaching her to love others as she loves herself. Her favorite part of each day is studying God’s Word with her Rafiki family. Rinet prays that her faith will continue to grow and that she will be consistent in showing love to others.
DOB: Dec 2, 2006
Ebenezer
Ebenezer and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Juliet
Juliet lost her mother in 2003 and her father in 2004. She was then put in the care of an aunt who could not care for her basic needs. She arrived...
Nehemiah
Both Nehemiah’s mother and father are deceased.
Abel
After Abel's mother was killed in a car accident, an elderly neighbor brought Abel into her home.
Naitoti
Naitoti, her sister, Nasha, and their cousin, Furaha, were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Elijah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Kwasi
Kwasi and his twin sister, Akosua, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2009.
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...
Erica
Erica and her sister, Priscilla, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
Amelia
Amelia and her sister, Jamesetta, and brother, Jimmy, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Jacob
Jacob first arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006 after the death of his parents.
Esther
When Esther’s parents passed away, she was placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Grace
Grace arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
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...
Israel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Judith
Judith’s father died in 2008, and her mother died in 2009.
Gelane
Gelane’s parents died two years apart from one another.
Surafel
Surafel and his sister, Fortuna, where left in the care of an uncle after their mother and father died.
Mercy
Mercy is a double orphan. She and and her sister Elikana were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let...
Livingstone
After the death of both his parents, Livingstone lived with his grandfather.
Rich
Rich’s mother died in 2011, and his father abandoned him.
Emmanuel
Both Emmanuel's parents abandoned him when he was a small child.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.