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Elikana
Elikana is a double orphan. She and her sister Mercy were in the care of a kind widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let alone two children. This environment is typical of orphaned life where children become an extraordinary burden on the remaining caretakers. After coming to Rafiki Village Malawi in May 2008, Elikana’s health improved rapidly. Elikana is an outgoing, hardworking student who participates well in class by answering questions in each of her subjects.
DOB: Sep 15, 2005
Emmanuel
Since birth, Emmanuel was carried on his mother’s back as she wandered the city of Accra. Many times Emmanuel and his mother slept on the street....
Augustine
Augustine and his two brothers lived with their grandmother after the death of their parents. Their grandmother struggled to care for the boys and...
Frank
Frank's mother is deceased and his father is in prison. When his father was imprisoned, Frank and two of his older siblings were left in the care...
Caroline
The parents of Caroline died within one year of each other before she turned three years old. She lived with her aunt who was barely able to feed...
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died in 2007 and his father drowned in the river while fishing in 2009. There are no family members able to care for Emmanuel. He...
Wanangwa
Wanangwa lost both his parents to fatal illnesses by 2007. His sixty-year-old grandmother, a poor widow, took her grandson in and they lived in a...
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, were taken to live with their uncle. The uncle was not physically well and unable to...
Hope
Hope was brought to the attention of Rafiki by a ministry in Mbale, Uganda. Hope’s father died HIV+ and his mother was also living HIV+ and was...
Takula
Takula’s mother died in 2005 of a fatal illness and his father died two years later. He had been living with his aunt who earns a small seasonal...
Aaron
Aaron lived with his grandmother before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia in 2013. His grandmother, a peasant farmer, struggled to provide...
Eves
Eves was a loving four-year-old who had lost her mother during birth and her father from an illness. She was in the care of an aunt who had many...
Paulina
Paulina’s father died before she was born. Her mother in 2003. Neither her grandmother nor her uncle were able to care for her and therefore social...
Charity
Charity's parents were killed during the Jos riots and her grandmother was too old to care for her properly. She came to live at the Rafiki Village...
Ruth
Both of Ruth's parents are deceased. Details of the father’s death are unknown and Ruth’s mother died in 2004. Ruth has been living with her...
Millicent
After the death of her father and mother, Millicent was sent to live with her aunt. Her aunt then took her to stay at an orphanage in Kitui....
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...
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...
Benson Michael
Michael was found at the prison grounds by a “good Samaritan” woman named Grace who took him to the police station on August 28, 2005. The police...
Esther
Esther's father died in 2004 and her mother died a year and a half later. Esther was living with an aunt whose husband also died. This aunt was...
Nancy
Nancy’s mother left her with her grandparents shortly after her birth and the father is unknown. Nancy’s grandparents were impoverished and unable...
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....
Randall
Randall was born prematurely at Provincial General Hospital Nyeri to a sixteen-year-old mother. She later abandoned him when he was admitted to the...
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his grandmother who could not care for him as a small child. He arrived at the Rafiki village in December 2007. He now...
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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