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Celestina
Celestina and her sister, Esther, are double orphans who were being cared for by their grandfather. He was a farmer but a drought and his declining health have prevented him from farming. He has twelve children and also cares for his mentally ill wife. He was unable to properly feed the girls or send them to school. Social welfare asked Rafiki to help. Celestina and her sister arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009. Celestina is a creative and enthusiastic child. She is also a great dancer.
DOB: Apr 16, 2005
Dan
Both of Dan's parents are deceased and Dan was put in the care of an elderly and impoverished uncle. The social welfare office requested help for...
Gladys
Gladys and her twin, Priscilla, as well as their sister, Erica, became orphans after their parents died within a year after Erica’s birth. Their...
Peter
Peter and his younger sister, Abiba, have been at the Rafiki Village Uganda since February 2008. He likes to play, read, and talk. His favorite...
Furahini
Furahini and her sister Scolastika lived with their grandmother when their mother disappeared. Their grandmother cared for ten children of her own...
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...
Barakael
The mother of Baraka died when he was one year old and his father is unknown. The grandfather had been caring for Barakeal and his brother,...
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental health problems and could not properly care for her him. The local community looked out for him for the first four...
Paul
At four years of age, Paul has had a hard start in life. During the initial screening, it was revealed that Paul was physically abused. He never...
Adam
Adam was living with people in the city cemetery. (These may have been his parents.) He was left in the care of a thirteen year old girl. The...
Blessing
Blessing’s father died in a motor accident before she was born. Her mother died three weeks after her birth. She was living with her aunt who had...
Judith
Judith’s mother passed away when she was young, and she was then cared for by her grandmother before she passed away. Judith’s great uncle was...
Fidelis
Both parents died in December 2002 during the Jos riots. He was being cared for by distant relatives who could not adequately provide for him....
Uwase
Uwase’s parents died of an unknown sickness. The aunt and uncle caring for her have many children of their own to care for and turned to Rafiki for...
John
John has charm and charisma; he is a happy boy and has a quick smile, in spite of his difficult start in life. He never knew his father and his...
Alice
Alice was abandoned to her grandmother when she was only five months old. Two years later the grandmother passed away and Alice was given over to...
Ethan
Ethan’s mother died shortly after he was born and his father died in 2002. The local pastor in the village assumed the care of Ethan. In 2004, the...
Sharon
Sharon's mother is deceased and her father is unknown. Her grandparents were elderly and financially unable to care for the child. She had been...
Nasha
Nasha was in the care of her grandmother along with her sister and cousin after the death of their fathers. Her mother died in childbirth. They are...
Mirriam
Mirriam’s father died in 2003 and her mother died two years later. Three-year-old Mirriam then went to live with an aunt. The aunt was also caring...
Feraol
Feraol lived with his mother until 2008 before she disappeared. A neighbor took Feraol in and took care of him. His neighbor was a day-laborer who...
Ruth
Both of Ruth's parents are deceased. Details of the father’s death are unknown and Ruth’s mother died in 2004. Ruth has been living with her...
Israel
Israel’s mother died in 2001 when he was two years old. His father died in 2003. Israel went to live with his uncle who was a widower and is...
Edmund
When Edmund’s parents died, he was left in the care of his aunt along with his two brothers and one sister. The aunt was unable to adequately feed...
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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