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David
David
David’s mother died in 2007, and his father died in 2008. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010. Now, David loves to laugh and is always using his imagination to tell entertaining stories to his friends and teachers in the Village. The Rafiki Bible Study has taught David how important it is to love his Rafiki brothers and sisters.
DOB: May 12, 2005
Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown.
Austin
Austin’s father died in an accident when he was cutting down a tree, and his mother died in November, 2009 from malaria.
Alick
Alick is a double orphan. He lived with his grandparents after the death of his mother in 2007.
Nicole
Nicole's mother abandoned her and her father remains unknown.
Gad
Gad's mother died immediately after he was born in 2010 in Kigali, Rwanda.
Kalkidan
Kalkidan was abandoned at a very young age, so his elderly grandparents cared for him.
Innocent
Innocent is a double orphan. He and his sister were approved by Social Welfare to come to Rafiki in May 2008. They have rapidly transformed thanks...
Denise
When Denise was one month old, she was abandoned at the Kenyatta National hospital.
Violet
After Violet’s parents died, her elderly grandfather enlisted her for household help with chores, cooking, and carrying firewood.
Mary
Mary is a double orphan who was placed in the care of her uncle and his family after the death of her parents.
Dorine
Dorine and her twin sister, Irene, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother after they were abandoned by their parents.
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
Chloe
The police found Chloe as a child in a house alone.
Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Glen
Glen was found abandoned in 2005.
Ariet
Ariet and her little brother Frankson were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Kwaku
Kwaku’s father became ill and died in 2007. Then Kwaku’s mother became ill and died in April 2009. Kwaku’s grandmother took Kwaku and his older...
Vivian
Both of Vivian's parents died in 2005. She briefly lived with a maternal uncle, but he was unable to care properly for Vivian.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry.
Metsenanat
Metsenanat was abandoned by her parents and given to her grandmother.
Sandra
Sandra’s father died suddenly in 2009, and her mother followed in 2010.
Jonathan
Not much is known about Jonathan’s parents.
Gertrude
Gertrude (Trudy) was orphaned after her father and mother died within a year of each other.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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