My Name is
Faith
Faith
Faith’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and her father died soon after in an accident. Faith and her brother, Michael, had been living with their father’s cousin, but his wife was unwilling to keep them in the home. Faith and Michael arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006. Faith is a good student who enjoys school. She enjoys social science subjects and rhetoric. Faith's favorite attribute of God is His forgiveness, and she is trying to forgive others as He has forgiven her. Her favorite book of the Bible is Isaiah because she admires Isaiah's boldness.
DOB: Aug 18, 2000
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003, and her mother then died in 2009.
Abel
After Abel's mother was killed in a car accident, an elderly neighbor brought Abel into her home.
Mary
Mary is a kind, respectful student who works hard and cooperates willingly in the classroom.
James
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Mary
Mary and her brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002. Her favorite part of each day is when she participates in family devotions.
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents.
Isaiah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Lilian
Lilian was born a twin but was separated from her brother at birth.
George
George was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage.
Michael
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Janvier
Janvier arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2008.
Candace
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Fabrice
Fabrice arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2013.
Felix
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Virginiah
Virginiah is a double orphan.
Yeabsira
Yeabisira's mother left him with her brother when he was just one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Alinafe
Alinafe is a double orphan who was in the care of her elderly grandparents.
Nancy
Both of Nancy's parents died when she was a young child
Neema
After the death of her mother and father, Neema lived with her elderly grandmother and adult sister.
Gabriel
Gabriel's father abandoned the family and his mother did not recover from the C-section she had when he was born. Since that time he lived with...
Denis
After the death of their father, Denis and his brother, Charles, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small room, one-room house.
Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Sophie
Sophie was found abandoned and malnourished as young child.
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