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Christina
After the death of her mother in 2008, Christina came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania where she has lived and flourished for the past 8 years. Christina is a good student and made all A's and B's on her Grade 7 national exam. Christina loves basketball and plays well. Christina is very tall, which makes her good for basketball. This new sport has given Christina confidence and good exercise. It is also a positive social outlet for her and the other girls at Rafiki. Christina has high goals for her educational future, and she is very capable of achieving these goals.
DOB: Dec 18, 2003
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown. Before arriving at Rafiki, Nancy was living with her seventy one-year-old grand mother. Nancy was...
Andrew
Andrew is a double orphan. He was living with his aunt whose only survived off charity from relatives. Andrew was approved by Social Welfare and...
Lydia
Lydia was orphaned when her mother died in 2003. Her father had passed away two years earlier. Lydia and her young brother Job lived with their...
Andrew
Andrew arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui, Kenya in 2000. He has few known relatives, and only his grandfather came to visit him...
Derrick
Both of Derrick's parents died when he was a small child, and he was placed at the Katherine Hines Ministries in Kampala Uganda. They have asked...
Claire
Not much is known about Claire's background or family. Her mother is in prison and from the time her mother was incarcerated, no family member has...
Kevin
Kevin was found in the central district of Nairobi by the local police in December 2001. He was brought to a children’s home to wait while the...
Violet
When Violet’s mother died, her elderly grandfather enlisted her for household help with chores, cooking, and carrying firewood. Violet was in need...
Serena
Serena’s mother died from complications of malaria three months after giving birth to Serena and her twin sister. Her father died in 2008 from an...
Ruth
Ruth’s mother was unable to care for her, and she was placed in the care of her elderly grandmother. The family lived in poverty, and her...
Mary
Mary came to live at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Mary is a good student who enjoys school. She says the teacher who she learns the most...
Spencer
Both of Spencer's parents are deceased and he was living with his elderly, impoverished grandmother in a local village in a home without...
Leah
Leah has been an orphan since 2003. Leah and her younger brother Elijah, went to live with a distant relative who had four children of his own to...
Rinet
Rinet's mother was terminally ill and not expected to live much longer when it was suggested that Rinet be moved to the Rafiki village. Rinet and...
Gertrude
Gertrude, or Trudy as she is called here, was orphaned after her father and mother died within a year of each other. She was taken to stay with her...
Metsenanat
Metsenanat was abandoned and given to her grandmother. Her grandmother struggled to provide for her and asked the Rafiki Foundation to intervene....
Zawady
Zawady is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2006. He was living with his aunt Celvin. Celvin had five other children to support and no...
Nicole
Rafiki was contacted by the social welfare department for a permanent home for Nicole since her mother was unfit to care for her and her father was...
Lillian
Lillian lost both her parents to AIDS. One parent died in 2003 and the other in 2004. She was placed in the care of her impoverished aunt but the...
Etsub
Etsub and her brother Robel lived with their mother when she became terminally ill with liver disease. Their mother was familiar with Rafiki. She...
Marie Jeanne
Marie was brought to her elderly, sickly grandmother last year after both of her parents died of sickness. Her grandmother is already caring for...
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...
Elube
Elube’s parents died when she was incredibly young. Her older sister then took her in. Her sister had no consistent financial means to raise her....
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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