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Aquila
Aquila
Aquila and his sister Priscilla literally lost their father in Jan 2000, when he went missing after riots broke out near their village. Considered orphans when their mother died in 2001, they lived with their uncle, Pastor Samson Nwan. Aquila came to the Rafiki Village Nigeria in January, 2004. After finishing all of his primary and secondary schooling in Rafiki, he is now pursuing a degree in social studies education at the University of Jos.
Eltonia
Eltonia and her younger brother, Kwaku, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Erick
Erick’s mother died a few hours after he was born due to complications with his delivery.
Susanna
Silas
Silas arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was unable to care for him and abandoned him.
Rachel Mwila
Rachel was one of thirteen children living at a farm with her grandparents.
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his grandmother who could not care for him as a small child.
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Leah
Leah was abandoned as a baby, and her parents remain unknown.
Brino
Brino's mother died of an illness when he was very young, and his father remains unknown. He and his brother Kenny arrived at the Rafiki Village...
Lois
Honorine
Both Mufasha's mother and father died when she was a young child.
Wilson
Both Wilson’s mother and father died when he was a small child. Wilson and his sister were then referred to the Rafiki Village Uganda in September...
James
James’s father died HIV+, and his mother also had HIV.
Abigail
Abigail was abandoned in the annex of a Nairobi hospital grounds.
Gideon
Ben
Before arriving at the Rafiki village, Ben and his five siblings lived with their grandmother, along with her six children, in a one-room house.
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Kelvin
Kelvin was orphaned in 2002 and nothing is known about his family.
John
John has charm and charisma; he is a happy boy and has a quick smile in spite of his difficult start in life.
Moses
Both of Moses's died when he was a young child.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel and his sister, Mary, were born to a mentally-ill mother who lacked the mental and physical faculties to care for them, and their father...
Simeon
In 2009, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare closed an orphanage due to adoption violations.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.