My Name is
Umu
Umu
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years after her father died and her mother disappeared. Blessing suffered from severe malnutrition, and she weighed only 12 pounds at age three. When Social Welfare discovered her fragile condition, they admitted her to the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center. Shortly after her hospital stay, Blessing was taken to the Rafiki Village Tanzania. She arrived in 2013. Blessing continues to be a sweet, loving young lady. She loves Jesus and enjoys singing praises to Him. She often prays for those around her and continues to grow in her knowledge of the Lord.
DOB: Jul 7, 2010
Marie
Marie Jeanne arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Paula
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Anne
Anne’s mother is physically handicapped and unable to care for her.
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.
Jehoshaphat
Both of Jehosephat’s parents died of a fatal illness when he was a young child.
Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead.
Elikana
Elikana is a double orphan. She and her sister Mercy were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let alone...
Benjamin
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.
Rebecca
Rebecca’s mother died and her father was killed when she was a young child.
Isaac
Isaac’s Father died in 2006 from an illness, and his mother died giving birth to him.
Jerome
Jerome was abandoned at a local hospital in Kampala, Uganda in 2005.
Enoch
Enoch’s father died in 2008, and his mother died the following year.
Zachariah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Daniel
Daniel and his sister, Miriam, were placed in the care of their with their grandfather when their parents died.
Molly
Molly was abandoned when she was eight months old and brought to a local police station in 2003.
Gifty
Gifty is a kind, respectful, helpful, and intelligent young woman who works diligently to succeed in all her classes.
Zachariah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gideon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Felix
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Maria
Maria’s mother died giving birth to her, and her father died in a car accident in 2008.
Phoebe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
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