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Catherine
Catherine’s Mother died in 2005 and her father committed suicide in 2008. Catherine was cared for by relatives for one month and then went to live with an aunt’s brother and family. They asked that she be given a home at Rafiki Village Malawi. She came in May of 2008 and her health improved daily. Catherine's teacher says she participates actively in most learning processes during class. She can be quite shy but that's only until she gets to know you.
DOB: Nov 6, 2005
Livingstone
Both of Livingstone's parents are deceased. He lived for a while with his grandfather. His grandfather was blind and unable to care for him, so he...
Judith
Judith’s mother passed away in 2006. The grandmother, who lived on subsistence farming and no outside source of income, tried to provide for Judith...
Robert
Robert’s father admitted him to the hospital due to malnutrition in May 2001. The father then abandoned him. The social worker for the hospital...
James
James was orphaned after his mother was involved in a fatal road accident in April 2005. His father is unknown. This left James under the care of...
Naitoti
Naitoti, Nasha, and their cousin, Furaha, were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers. They are from the Maasai...
Bernice
Since the death of their parents, Bernice and her two sisters were in the care of an aunt. heir aunt had three children of her own and doubling the...
Malesse
Malesse and his twin sister Zalalem were orphaned when they were only a year old. Their mother became pregnant while working at a hotel, and their...
Yeabsira
Not much is known about Yeabsira’s life before he arrived at the Rafiki Village in Ethiopia. He and his brother were abandoned by their dying...
Magdalene
Magdalene was almost two years old when both of her parents were killed by armed robbers. Then she was been in the care of her impoverished uncle...
Hilda
Hilda was abandoned when she was two years old. A good Samaritan brought her to Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center hospital in October 2009. She...
Beatrice
Beatrice’s parents died of a terminal illness shortly after she was born and was put in the care of her grandmother. The grandmother was a...
Sarah
Sarah was referred to Rafiki by Katherine Hines ministries, a local ministry in Kampla. Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her...
Brighton
Brighton came to Rafiki with his older brother Petros. They were living in a home consisting of thirteen people sleeping in one small building....
Kofi Sefa
Kofi’s mother is mentally unstable. While they were living in a mother’s hostel she was reported to have hallucinations and become violent. Social...
Micheal
When he was two months old, Michael was abandoned at a shop in Kampala, Uganda. A woman left him with the shopkeeper to get some things for the...
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003 and her mother in 2009. At that time she went to live with her grandparents. They were elderly and...
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his mentally ill mother when he was three months old. He was temporarily cared for by an American couple. The couple left...
Theresa
Theresa was abandoned at seven months old by her mother at a shop in downtown Monrovia. The shop owner took Theresa home. She and her husband had...
Joanna
Joanna is a triplet. Her birth siblings are all girls. Joanna’s mother died shortly after delivering the triplets. The father was without job and...
Hillary
Hillary’s mother died in childbirth, so he was brought to the AIC babies’ home in Mogogosiek—a village four hours from Rafiki Village Kenya. He had...
Betty
Both of Betty’s parents died when she was young. Her mother contracted cerebral malaria and her father was in a fatal car accident. She then moved...
Atsu
In 2007 Atsu’s mother and father both died of a sickness only a few months apart. At that time Atsu went to live with his uncle. He is a farmer but...
Naomi
Naomi’s father died when she was a year old. Her mother is also deceased. She and her sister Eden went to live with their uncle. He had several...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned near a police station. He was then brought to the AIC orphanage in Mogogosiek, an orphanage about four hours away from the...
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