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Dorcas/Deborah
Dorcas/Deborah
Deborah lived with her parents until she was three years old and her parents and siblings went missing during the Jos religious riots. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2007. Deborah is a graduate of the Rafiki School studying English Literature at Bingham University. Deborah says that God has made Himself known to her through His providence. Learning that God is true to His Word is helping her grow closer to Him and to submit to His sovereignty.
DOB: Apr 15, 1998
Faith
Faith’s mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia.
Rahab
Rahab’s mother was unable to care for her and her father remains unknown.
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.
Gertrude
Gertrude (Trudy) was orphaned after her father and mother died within a year of each other.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was unable to care for him and abandoned him.
Alick
Alick is a double orphan. He lived with his grandparents after the death of his mother in 2007.
William
William was brought to a hospital with head injuries in August 2003.
Catherine
Both Catherine's mother and father are deceased.
Eltonia
Eltonia’s father died in 2007, and her mother died in 2009.
Susan
Susan's mother is deceased and her father is in jail.
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003. John was then placed in the care of his grandmother, but she struggled to provide for him and was unable to...
Jacob
Jacob first arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006 after the death of his parents.
Surafel
Surafel and his sister, Fortuna, where left in the care of an uncle after their mother and father died.
Sarah
Sarah was born prematurely in a private clinic in March 2005. Her mother disappeared soon after she took Sarah to the hospital, and her father...
Biruk
Biruk’s mother was very young when she gave birth to him.
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Doreen
Doreen’s mother abandoned her in 2011, and her father is unknown.
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Tabitha
Tabitha was left in the care of her elderly grandparents after her mother died.
Rose
Rose was brought to a children's home in Moshi, Tanzania in 2008 by a pastor from a local church after she was abandoned by her mother.
Etsub
Etsub and her brother, Robel, lived with their mother before she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Edda
Orphaned at birth, Edda lived with her grandparents when she was a small child.
Peter
Both Peter's mother and father died when he was an infant.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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