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David
David’s mother died in 2007 of breast cancer. His father died in 2008 after a short illness. David’s uncle cared for his brother’s three sons since their father’s death. He was unmarried and the sole caregiver for the three boys. Often he was unable to feed these boys. Rafiki was contacted about David and Social Welfare approved that he be moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana. He loves to laugh and is always using his imagination to tell entertaining stories to friends and teachers.
DOB: May 12, 2005
Sumaya
Sumaya's father died from complications due to AIDS and her mother started living with another man who did not want Sumaya. Sumaya's grandmother...
Jackson
Jackson’s mother and father died of health complications in June of 2013. Jackson and his two older siblings lived on their own until their house...
Faustin
Faustin’s parents died of complications due to a sickness in 2011. Since that time Faustin lived with his grandmother, but it was a struggle to...
George
George was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage. He moved to the Rafiki Village Uganda in February 2003. He is now thriving at Rafiki...
Namukolo
Namukolo and his brother, Clifford, lived with his parents in a small rural village when their mother died in 2010. The father abandoned them and...
Christabel
Both of Christabel’s parents died of AIDs and the uncle caring for her had similar health issues. Christable and her brother Jehosephat need a...
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...
Emmanuel
It was a joyous day when Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia in March of 2013. His twin brothers, Boniface and Leonard, greeted him with...
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina have been living with their grandparents since birth. TThey were born out of wedlock, and the father has...
Winnie
Winnie came to live at the Rafiki Village Liberia in July 2013. Her past living conditions were not good. She lived in a house that was half torn...
Denis
After Denis's mother's death, he was sent to the Nest, an organization funded by Catholic ministries, until arriving at the Rafiki Village in 2006....
Comfort
Comfort’s father was returning home late one night after work when he was shot and killed by robbers. In October 2008, Comfort’s mother had a...
John
John’s father had been deceased for a few years when his mother died in 2007. Upon the death of his mother, John and his brother, Mathias, were...
Jennifer
Jennifer and her twin sisters lived with their aunt and her family since the death of their parents. The aunt was a farmer, unable to feed her own...
Joanna
Joanna’s parents died during the religious riots that occurred in Jos in 2001. She and younger brother came to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria in...
Rachel
Rachel’s mother returned to her village pregnant, and gave no information about the father. She died shortly after delivery and her sister cared...
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister Theresia came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer. Aurelia is an...
Jack
Jack is a double orphan. He was living with his grandmother who survived by subsistence farming. The household was very vulnerable with inadequate...
Enala
Enala’s mother died shortly after giving birth to Enala’s twin brothers. Their father died in 2007. After his death, they lived with their aunt who...
Brino
Brino and his brother Kenny’s mother died of an illness and the father of the two boys is unknown. Their elderly grandmother cared for them for...
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...
Jacob
Jacob’s father died after a brief illness when Jacob was nine months old. His relatives were very poor and his two older siblings were not able to...
Shadreck
Shadreck’s mother died in 2005 and his father died in 2006. He then lived in the home of his grandmother and aunt with three other orphaned...
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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