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Celestina
Celestina
Celestina and her sister, Esther, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009. Celestina is a creative and enthusiastic young woman, and she is also a great dancer. She likes the hymn "Be Not Dismayed Whatever Betides" because it reminds her of God's unending love and care for her. She continues to pray that her love for others will grow, the spirit of the Lord will fill her each day, and she would grow in humility and truth.
DOB: Apr 16, 2005
Mehiret
Before coming to Rafiki, Mehiret lived with her maternal grandmother.
Thandiwe
After her mother's death, Thandiwe was sent to live with her great grandmother.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Vivian
Vivian’s mother was mentally ill, and her father was unknown.
John Mueke
Very few details are known about John. His mother is deceased and his father is presumed to be as well.
Naomi
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Violet
Violet's mother died in childbirth, and her father died just a year later.
Moses
Moses was left as an orphan after his mother was killed in a traffic accident. His father remains unknown.
Abigail
Abigail was originally part of the second group of triplets to arrive at the Rafiki Village Ghana.
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
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...
Surafel
Surafel and his sister, Fortuna, where left in the care of an uncle after their mother and father died.
Leah
Leah has been an orphan since 2003.
Daniel
Daniel and his brother were orphaned after their parents died.
Diane
Diane’s parents died of an illness. Before that, her family was living in a refugee camp in Tanzania.
Gabriel
Gabriel’s mother died in an accident, and his father died of complications from malaria.
Benson Michael
Benson Michael was found at the prison grounds by a woman who took him to the police station on August 28, 2005.
Ellen
Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November of 2010.
John
Both of John’s parents died, leaving him with no one to care for him.
Robert
Robert’s father admitted him to the hospital due to malnutrition in 2001.
Atsu
Atsu arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Yeabsira
Yeabisira's mother left him with her brother when he was just one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Christabel
After both of Christabel’s parents died of illness, she and her brother Jehosephat arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.