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Besufekad
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him. The local community looked out for him for the first four years of his life. At one point, he lived on the street until a volunteer with a local ministry took him in; she referred him to the Rafiki Foundation for a permanent home. He arrived at Rafiki Village Ethiopia in 2014. Besufekad now has an easy-going personality. He is social and enjoys conversing with others. His favorite hymn is "Holy, Holy, Holy" because it reminds him that God alone is holy.
DOB: Jun 5, 2010
Vivian
Both of Vivian's parents died in 2005. She briefly lived with a maternal uncle, but he was unable to care properly for Vivian.
Lucia
Lucia’s mother died shortly after she gave birth to her.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Uchizi
Uchizi and his twin sister had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown
Justina
Justina and her twin sister Josephine arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Michael
Michael’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and his father died after an accident.
Ato
Both of Ato's parents were deaf, mute, and mentally challenged.
Isaiah
Isaiah was placed into his grandparents care of following the death of his parents.
Rena
Rena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister, Serena.
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her.
Jack
Jack is a double orphan who was living with his impoverished grandmother.
Irene
Irene and her sister were abandoned by their parents as young children. They lived on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Joseph
Very little is known about Joseph's early years except that his mother died and his father abandoned him.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Caroline
Caroline's parents died within one year of each other before she turned three years old.
Sandra
Sandra lived in her uncle's care after her parent's death.
Praise
Praise's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father abandoned him.
Chifundo
Chifundo’s father died of an illness in 2006, and his mother soon became too sick to care for him.
Jacob
Jacob first arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006 after the death of his parents.
Hope
Hope’s father died HIV positive, and his mother was also living HIV positive and was very sick. She wanted Hope placed in a good home before she died.
Nicholas
Nicholas's mother abandoned him and left him with his grandmother when he was three months old. His grandmother took him to a local babies' home...
Witness
Witness lived most of her early life in an orphanage.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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