My Name is
Thandiwe
Thandiwe
After her mother's death, Thandiwe was sent to live with her great grandmother. She then joined her younger brother at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2011 after her grandmother died. The siblings enjoyed a wonderful reunion and Thandiwe benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving environment. Thandiwe enjoys agriculture class, and she is known for working hard in school. She has come to know God through the Rafiki Bible Study. Thandiwe trusts in the Lord, and she prays to please God in word and deed.
DOB: Dec 25, 2004
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever.
Comfort
Both of Comfort’s parents died when she was a young child. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004.
Aneth
After the death of her parents, Aneth lived with her single aunt.
Simon
Simon was found abandoned alongside the road in 2001.
Bethlehem
Bethlehem's (Betty's) mother abandoned her to go find work and left her with a neighbor.
Rhoda
Rhoda's mother died when she was a small child, and her father abandoned her.
Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother, Kelvin, went to live with their grandparents.
Memory
Memory was found in the care of a 65-year-old widow who lived in a village subsidized by the government for the homeless.
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Dorine
Dorine and her twin sister, Irene, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother after they were abandoned by their parents.
Irene
Irene and her sister were abandoned by their parents as young children. They lived on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Naomi
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Candace
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Aquila
Aquila and his sister Priscilla literally lost their father in Jan 2000, when he went missing after riots broke out near their village. Considered...
Rebecca
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Juliet
Both of Juliet’s parents died when she was about two years old. She was then placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Eve
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Uwase
Uwase’s parents died of an unknown sickness.
Deborah
Deborah’s parents were living in Uganda when they both died from an illness. Deborah and her sister Jane were then brought to Rwanda.
Diane
Diane’s father was never known. When her mother died in 2006, Diane went to live with her aunt.
Beatrice
Beatrice was left in the care of her aunt after her parents died in 2006. They lived in a two-room house with nine other relatives.
Matias
After his mother died in 2009, Matias lived with his grandmother.
Selah
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.