My Name is
Paul
Paul
Paul's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Isaac, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012. The boys' mother passed away within the same year. The father was also sick and unemployed, and he abandoned the boys. They arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia in November 2013. Paul enjoys a good book and is an avid reader. Paul believes Jesus is the Son of God and his Redeemer. He knows the Bible is the Word of God. He continues to pray for the strength to be diligent in his studies and in knowing God.
DOB: Jul 6, 2009
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father had died before her.
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Hannah
Hannah’s mother abandoned her shortly after she was born.
Patricia
Patricia's early life was filled with tragedy; she never knew either of her parents.
Beniyam
Beniyam was born in Mojo. His mother died when he was three years old, and his father abandoned him, giving him to his maternal grandparents.
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.
Martha
Martha is a sweet young lady with a big heart and a joyous smile. In school, she loves studying God's Word and learning to sew.
Rebecca
When she first arrived at the Village, Rebecca became an avid reader, sitting for hours with a book and reading to younger Rafiki children.
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Austin
Both of Austin’s parents died when he was a young child.
Adam
Adam arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2009.
Joanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Martin
Martin was abandoned in May 2002 when he was two years old. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2004.
Charles
After the death of their father, Charles and his brother, Denis, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small, one-room house.
Jessica
Jessica was found abandoned as an infant at a community school on September 14, 2009 and was taken to the police station.
Frankson
Frankson and his older sister, Ariet, were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Susanna
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Fortuna
Fortuna and her brother Surafel were left in their uncle's care when their mother and father died.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Obadiah
Obadiah was found abandoned as a small child in 2006 in Paynesville, Liberia.
Daniel
Daniel’s mother and father died in 2006 when he was an infant. He and his sister Esther arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2009.
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever.
Rachel
Rachel is a double orphan. Both of her parents died tragically in 2007 and 2008.
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