My Name is
Samuel
Samuel
Samuel’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005. Samuel and his brother Jeff then began living with their nineteen-year-old sister, but she was unable to care for them. The boys arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia in 2007 and soon flourished in the security and love of their new home. Samuel studies hard and is often on the honor roll. He believes Jesus is the eternal Son of God who was sent to save him from his sins and give him new life. Samuel knows that God gave him a new heart, saved him, and made him His child, because he asked God to save him and trusts Him to keep His promise. Samuel is learning to find answers in the Bible to the deep questions he has regarding his identity and purpose in life.
DOB: May 22, 2001
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006, and she and two other children were cared for by her grandmother who was 96 at the time.
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
Caleb
Caleb’s parents died when he was four years old, and his relatives were unable to care for him because they are impoverished and relied on...
Rachel
Both Rachel's parents died when she was two years old.
Augustine
Augustine, his twin brother Augustus, and older brother Gideon, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Janjay
Janjay’s mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died shortly after in a car accident.
Neema
After the death of her mother and father, Neema lived with her elderly grandmother and adult sister.
Timothy
Timothy was abandoned at a church as a small child.
Irene
After both her mother and father abandoned her, Irene lived with her grandmother for a time.
Namukolo
Namukolo and his brother, Clifford, lived with his parents in a small rural village before their mother died in 2010. The father abandoned them and...
Ruth
Ruth’s mother abandoned her and placed her in the care of her elderly grandmother.
Chloe
Chloe is a double orphan; both of her parents died when she was around three years old.
Gad
Gad arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2012.
Levi
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Silas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Selah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joseph
Very little is known about Joseph's early years, except that his mother died and his father abandoned him.
Ruki
Ruki and her older sister were abandoned by their parents at a young age. The two girls were living on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother, Kelvin, went to live with their grandparents.
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother, Malesse, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Amelia
Amelia and her sister, Jamesetta, and brother, Jimmy, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.