Rafiki Foundation Incorporated

“The board collectively reviews the form 990 and makes inquiry to their accountant regarding any questions they may have.”

“The board members sign a conflict of interest policy every year. Any new contracts or purchases are reviewed by the ceo & head of finance. Thus any transactions involving board members and potential conflict of interest would be brought to the board.”

“The organization researches and reviews executive and key employee compensation for other comparable not-for-profits, and the board makes final approval. Compensation reasonableness is reviewed on an annual basis by the board.”

“The organization uses the same process as listed above.”

“Governing documents, policies, and financial statements as well as form 990 will be available to the public upon request.”

“To help africans know god and to help them raise their standard of living with excellence and integrity. Rafiki is a christian, interdenominational mission organization incorporated in the united states. The foundation operates one rafiki training village in each of ten african countries. Rafiki's mission:training africans to transform africa for christ. Rafiki's vision: equipping a mulititude of africans to bring educational, biblical, and economic transformation to their continent. Rafiki's strategy: rafiki has established one model rafiki training village in each of the ten african countries where orphans are cared for and educated with christian, classical curriculum, leading to a vocation or college. In addition, each village has a prek-12 christian classical school for the orphans and disadvantaged children from the community. Plus seven of the ten rafiki villages contain a christian teacher's college providing tution free teacher training. Lastely, rafiki partners with 23 african denominations helping them provide economic relief to their poor women and widows by marketing handcrafts in the usa. All participants within the villege and widows programs study the bible. Rafiki's work is located in ethiopia, ghana, kenya, liberia, malawi, nigeria, tanzania, uganda, and zambia. These countries have invited rafiki to come to the countries and have officially registered the foundation as an ngo. Each village has a minimum of seven cottages, four school buildings, a dining hall, four missionary residences, the advanced learning institute complex (three buildings), and guest house for a total of twenty buildings minimum. Each village is built on approximately fifty acres and has a garden, playing field, playground equipment, and storage buildings. The villages are self-sufficient with their own generators and bore-hole water supply.”

“Rafiki has been serving in africa over 30 years and is helping africans to know god and raise their standard of living through bible study and education with excellence and integrity. This work is overseen by the staff at the rafiki home office in eustis, florida and the 37 missionaries out in the field in africa. Rafiki operates in ten african countries and has built a rafiki training village in each of the ten countries. Each village consists of anywhere from 20 to 30 buildings. Rafiki has five programs: 1. Education 2. Advanced learning institute 3. Childcare (orphan care) 4. Bible study 5. Widows classical schools - one k-12 school at each of its ten villages. These schools provide a high quality education for both resident children and day students from the community. The rafiki schools currently educate more than 2,715 students - which includes the 589 orphans living at the rafiki villages and over 2,126 impoverished day students from the surrounding communities. The children are taught using rafiki's christian classical curriculum which has been developed specifically for africa. This curriculum provides both textbooks and lesson plans and has been written to international standards, incorporating african national syllabus requirements. All courses are written from a biblical world-view and are culturally relevant to africa. The schools not only provide a high quality education in core courses in mathematics, language arts, and sciences, but also in athletics, art, music, and vocational courses. Students graduate with a well-rounded education, critical thinking skills, and tools for lifelong learning. The advanced learning institute program (currently operating in 7 of rafiki's 10 countries and has over 220 students) is the capstone of rafiki's educational program, providing post-secondary education for adults in teacher training, business, music, and art. The first part of this program was launched in 2013 and is training future educators for african church schools through the rafiki institute of classical education. This three-year course is programmed learning on a computer with a combination of lecture, discussion, computer-based, and practicums at rafiki's k-12 school. Students receive courses in computer, keyboard, classroom management, early childhood development, record-keeping, art, music, english, math, science, and world history. With unemployment running as high as 70% in these ten countries, and with the great need for better education, this program will supply two major needs: jobs and quality schools for rafiki's african church partners. The participants will not only be educated through the classroom materials but will also participate in a practicum at rafiki's school. Upon completion of the course, they receive a complete set of rafiki's curriculum and bible study to use in one of rafiki's african partner church schools. The childcare program provides a permanent home for orphans within each of the ten rafiki villages. Each village is equipped to provide complete care for up to 100 children, including housing, clothing, meals, education, recreation, and medical care. At december 2019, rafiki is home to a total of 661 children, ranging in age from three to twenty-one, who live at the ten villages. These children are raised in a family-like setting with ten children living in a cottage with a trained african woman who serves as their mother. The rafiki mothers are trained and supervised by a qualified childcare administrator (a missionary) who oversees their work. Rafiki provides a christian classical education to these children from preschool through grade 12. When the children graduate from high school, they are enrolled in college or vocational programs so that they can live independently and become godly contributors in their home countries. The rafiki widows' program has helped hundreds, even thousands of poor women in all ten of rafiki's ten countries. Working in partnership with local african part”

“Ethiopia, ghana, kenya, liberia, malawi, nigeria, rwanda, tanzania, uganda, zambia”