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Dativa
Dativa’s mother died of AIDs and her father is unknown to the family. Before her mother died she gave birth to her half-sister Mutoni by another man. Both of these girls have been living with their elderly grandmother, Makurata, whose home is near a swamp. She has asked social welfare for help in taking care of her two granddaughters. Both girls were approved and arrived at their new home at the Rafiki Village Rwanda. Their grandmother is overjoyed that her granddaughters will have a stable home environment and the opportunity to attend school.
DOB: Mar 5, 2005
Naomi
Naomi’s mother abandoned her, and her father is unknown. She and her two siblings, John and Michael, were in the care of their blind grandmother...
Pamela
Pamela’s mother died when her brother, Francis, was eight months old. Her father died in Libya several months after his wife’s death. Pamela and...
Valiness
Valiness is a sweet young girl who lost both of her parents to a fatal illness. Her father died in 2005 and her mother in 2006. She was living...
Sarah
Sarah’s mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia. She and her younger sister were left with the grandmother and uncle. The grandmother...
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...
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother Malesse were orphaned when they were only a year old. Their mother became pregnant while working at a hotel, and their...
Chifundo
Chifundo’s father died of an illness in 2006, his mother is too sick to care for him. Social welfare referred him to Raifiki. Chifundo has moved to...
Rhoda
Before Rhoda arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia in January 2012, she lived with her grandmother and eleven other children in a small house. Her...
Patricia
Patricia was deemed in need by the Social Welfare Office in Malawi and asked the Rafiki Foundation for help. Patricia's mother died and because of...
Carlos
Carlos’ mother died in early 2001. He was under the care of his grandmother who is a peasant farmer described as old and weak. She has had a great...
Awumbe
Awumbe’s parents were both millet farmers in Ghana. Awumbe’s mother died during a riot and his father died some time later. Awumbe and his siblings...
Sean
Sean’s mother abandoned him after his father was put in prison. He lived with his elderly and impoverished grandfather for a while until his father...
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007 and his father some years earlier. After his mothers death, Gershom was cared for by a pastor from his home...
Ato
Both of Ato’s parents are deaf, mute, and mentally challenged. Since they were unable to care for him and his siblings, Richman and Ququah, they...
Theresa
Teddy and her two siblings were given to an elderly aunt at the burial of her father. Her father died of AIDs and her mother abandoned the children...
Jack
Jack is a double orphan. He was living with his grandmother who survived by subsistence farming. The household was very vulnerable with inadequate...
Kirk
Baby Kirk was found abandoned at the police lines in the city of Nairobi, Kenya. He was taken to the Kenyatta National Hospital for medical...
Jeff
Jeff’s father died in 2003 and his mother in 2005. Jeff and his brother Samuel then began living with their nineteen-year-old sister, but she was...
Bright
Bright is a dear young boy who came to us from the care of an aunt. The aunt was a widow who lived by growing and selling small amounts of...
Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead. Semegne's aunt cared for her but...
Linda
Linda’s parents died in 2006 and she was left in the care of her aunt. They lived in a two room house with nine other relatives. Her aunt has...
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...
Kelvin
Kelvin was orphaned in 2002 and nothing is known of his family. He was placed at a local baby’s home in Kitui. Kelvin was brought to Rafiki Village...
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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