My Name is
Selah
Selah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or subsidies. They receive an excellent classical Christian education, daily Bible study, two nutritious meals per day, and basic school supplies. For a child in Africa, attending school means more than ABCs or 123s; it means a hope for a future – spiritually and materially. Your support makes that hope possible for these day students, their families, and their communities. We have given each day student an alias for the privacy and protection of the child and his/her family. If you sponsor a day student, you will receive some additional information about the child and will communicate with the child using the assigned alias.
DOB: Nov 25, 2001
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
Naitoti
Naitoti, her sister, Nasha, and their cousin, Furaha, were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Vincent
Vincent’s parents passed away by the time he was four years old.
Eva
Eva and her brother Lemmy were living with their grandmother, who attempted to feed the children on a daily basis but often was not able to.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry.
Frank
After the death of his parents, Frank's grandmother took care of him and his brother, James.
Timothy
Timothy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local orphanage in Kampala, Uganda after he was abandoned and given to his grandmother as an...
Bartholomew
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Enoch
Enoch’s mother worked at Rafiki. Her last request before her death was her hope that Enoch could come to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Peter
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
George
After George’s mother and father died, he was placed in the care of his sixteen-year-old aunt.
Mara
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Kilonzi
Kilonzi arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya with his older brother Mumo in 2006.
Leul
After Leul's father died and his mother abandoned him, he was placed in the care of a widow.
Rose
Rose was brought to a children's home in Moshi, Tanzania in 2008 by a pastor from a local church after she was abandoned by her mother.
Ebenezer
Ebenezer and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Julie
Following the death of their parents, Julie and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Akua
In 2007, Akua’s mother and father both died of illness a few months apart.
Aynalem
Aynalem was three years old when her mother died. Her father remains unknown.
John
John’s mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Simon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Leticia
Leticia and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda in 2012.
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.