My Name is
Zelalem
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother, Malesse, were orphaned when they were only a year old. Their mother became pregnant while working at a hotel, and their father was never a part of their lives. When their mother died, a cousin and his mother cared for the twins. Because of poor health, they could no longer provide for the children, and the situation became desperate. The Women and Children’s Agency in Mojo, Ethiopia contacted Rafiki. Zelalem and her brother arrived at the Village in 2015. Zelalem now enjoys studying the Bible. Her favorite Bible verse is Romans 9:20–21 and her favorite hymn is "Nothing but the Blood" because it teaches her about how God forgives her sin.
DOB: Feb 8, 2010
Deborah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Tracy
Both Tracy's (Tamar’s) parents died of illness in 2002.
Julia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joshua
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Kwame
Kwame was brought to the Rafiki Village Ghana in March 2011.
James
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Bernice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rocklin
Rocklin arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Marie
Marie Jeanne arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Shadreck
Shadreck’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Israel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mediatrice
Mediatrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Abel
After Abel's mother was killed in a car accident, an elderly neighbor brought Abel into her home.
Grace
Grace arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2011.
Racheal
Racheal's birth mother has never been located. Her father took another wife, abandoned Racheal, and never returned. She arrived at the Rafiki...
Lulu
Lulu was abandoned at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center when she was born.
Clifford
Clifford and his brother, Namukolo, were living with their parents in the Kanakantappa Village when their mother died in 2010.
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Witness
Witness lived most of her early life in an orphanage.
Dalitso
Dalitso and his twin sister moved four times as babies after their mother died.
Babirye
Babirye and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Aynalem
Aynalem was three years old when her mother died. Her father remains unknown.
Munyithya
Munyithya's father died four months after he was born, and his mother followed eighteen months later before his second birthday.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.