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Ellen
Ellen’s family was transporting their products to market when they were involved in a car accident. Ellen was the only one to survive the accident. She was placed in the care of her elderly grandmother who cared for six other children. The grandmother had no form of employment. She asked the Rafiki Foundation for help. Ellen arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010. She is very shy and quiet, but she has begun to open up and be more verbal.
DOB: May 4, 2009
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...
Ethel
Both parents of Ethel died within two years of each other. Ethel moved in with her single aunt who had seven children of her own to feed and...
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...
Natnael
Natnael was born in Jijiga in eastern Ethiopia, near Somalia. After his mother died, he went to live with his grandmother. His father, according to...
Diana
The Mukono District Social Worker recommended that Diana be removed from the care of her aunt because her aunt had difficulty feeding her own...
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War. A kind woman found him, nursed him and gave him the name...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister, Phiona, were referred to the Rafiki Foundation. They were both abandoned by their...
Patience
Patience was abandoned by her mother in 2005 and the father cared for her until he died in 2008. The uncle of Patience took her into his home with...
Isaka
Isaka's family was unable to care for him so he was placed in an orphanage that cared for young children. Social Welfare asked the Rafiki...
Robel
Robel and his sister Etsub lived with their mother when she became terminally ill with liver disease. When she became weak, she and the children...
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...
Isaac
Isaac and his twin brother, Paul’s, mother was sick and admitted them to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012. The mother passed away...
Sarah
Sarah was born prematurely in a private clinic in March 2005. She was taken to a local hospital and her weight upon admission was 3.2 lbs. Her...
Mercy
Mercy’s mother passed away some time in 2003 and her father is unknown. After her mother’s death, she lived at the AIC babies’ home in Mogogosiek—a...
Lilian
Lilian was born a twin but was separated from her brother at birth. Her mother gave her over to an aunt. Lilian's aunt died a few months later, and...
Elizabeth
After Elizabeth’s mother died in July of 2005, her children came to live with their maternal aunt who worked as a mother’s assistant at the Rafiki...
Claudia
Claudia was passed from one house to another in the village where her parents died. Her elderly grandmother was unable to adequetly care for her....
Miriam
Miriam and her younger brother Daniel were placed with their grandfather when their parents died. The grandfather was too burdened with eight...
Pierre
Pierre and his brother were orphaned after their parents died of AIDS. The parents had moved to a village about a year before their deaths. A...
Rachel
Rachael lost both of her parents to an illness when she was two years old. She lives with her aunt who cares for six orphans and five of her own...
Gift
Gift was abandoned by his parents and lived with his grandmother. When a home visit was done by the social worker it was discovered that he was not...
Efe
Efe was taken from her mother who had been roaming the streets. Her mother was admitted to a local mental hospital for treatment and Efe was taken...
Mapalo
Mapalo’s is a double orphan, her mother died in 2006 and her father died in 2008. After her father died, she lived with her cousin who had five...
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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