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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
Paul
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Godfred
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Zelalem
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Jonathan
John’s mother died in 2003 in a drowning accident and his father died later in the same year. John lived with his uncle for a time but he had other...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel and his sister Mary were born to a mother who is mentally ill and a father who has abandoned them. For the first three years of Emmanuel’s...
Rose
Rose was brought to a children's home in Moshi, Tanzania in 2008 by a pastor from a local church. A woman had left the child with him and ran away....
John
John’s parents were killed in a tragic bus accident. John’s mother was pregnant with his little sister, Chipo, at the time of the accident and she...
Alexander
Since the death of his parents, Alexander has been in the care of a man in his village. He took Alexander in and has raised him along with his own...
Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008. They were in the care of an aunt, living in a very impoverished situation. Their...
Scovia
Scovia’s parents died within two years of each other. Her mother died first in 2001 when Scovia was probably a year old, and her father followed in...
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...
Sandra
Sandra and her twin brother were left as orphans when their father died in 2009, their mother had died in 2007. An aunt offered to care for the...
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, James. Their father died in 2007. After his death, the three siblings...
Nathan
Nathan came to Rafiki with decayed teeth and healed scars on his back and legs. Both parents are deceased; his father died in the military in...
George
When George’s mother and father died he was placed in the care of his sixteen-year-old aunt. She cared for George for two years and struggled to...
Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown. He and his two siblings, Naomi and John, had been in the care of their blind grandmother...
Janvier
Janvier’s father abandoned him and his mother and moved to Tanzania. Janvier’s mother was sick when her husband left her and so she and Janvier...
Augustus
Augustus, his twin brother and older brother were left as orphans when their mother died of typhoid fever in January 2010. Their father died in...
Ruth
Ruth was placed in the care of her elderly grandparents after her own parents died. Her grandparents had the responsibility of caring for many...
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...
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....
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both parents at birth and was being cared for by state run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three, he was...
Jonah
Jonah’s father died when he was just one-year-old. Before his death he had divorced Jonah’s mother. When she died in February 2004, the child...
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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