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Mathew
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Joanna
Joanna is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Janet, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Clifford
Clifford and his brother, Namukolo, were living with their parents in the Kanakantappa Village when their mother died in 2010.
Joseph
Joseph is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2007.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was unable to care for him and abandoned him.
Diane
Diane arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2014.
Jamila
Jamila's mother gave her over to the care of her aunt.
Mathias
Mathias’s mother died a year after his father died and Mathias and his brother were given to an uncle for care.
Dorcas
Dorcas was abandoned by both her parents at birth.
Kalkidan
Kalkidan was abandoned at a very young age, so his elderly grandparents cared for him.
Dinah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Chloe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joshua
Joshua's parents were killed in 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and the families living there. Joshua, his twin brother Gideon, and...
Julius
Julius’s mother abandoned him after his father died. He came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in March 2008.
Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her.
John
John has charm and charisma; he is a happy boy and has a quick smile in spite of his difficult start in life.
Atimbil
Atimbil and his brother and sister, Awumbe and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Violet
After Violet’s parents died, her elderly grandfather enlisted her for household help with chores, cooking, and carrying firewood.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Simon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
John
John’s father died a few years before his mother passed away in 2007.
Akosua
Akosua and her twin brother Kwasi arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Agrippa
Agrippa’s mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died before her.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.