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Emanuel
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain-climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old. Emanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2012. Emanuel is now a very bright young man. He continues to be a serious student who works hard. Emanuel also plays on the Rafiki tennis team and enjoys competing. He continues to learn to trust in Jesus, and he enjoys learning about Christ's second coming. Emanuel says that he is thankful that "God saw him and brought him to Rafiki" as a young child.
DOB: Dec 12, 2006
Hope
Hope’s father died HIV positive, and his mother was also living HIV positive and was very sick. She wanted Hope placed in a good home before she died.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth’s father died in 2005, and her mother died soon after in 2007.
Jack
After Jack’s mother died in 2006, he began living with his grandparents. His grandmother died soon after that.
Mwaka
Mwaka’s aunt cared for her after the death of her parents.
Agnes
Agnes was abandoned by her family and was referred to the Rafiki Village Uganda at two years of age.
Ruth
Ruth’s mother brought her to the nursery of a hospital for an exam and then abandoned her there.
Lillian
Lillian lost both her parents to AIDS when she was a young child.
Patrick
Patrick’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was mentally ill and unable to care for him.
Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead.
Thomas
Both Thomas's parents died from unknown causes when he was a young child, and the people in his village were unable to provide sufficient care for...
Meklit
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia, Meklit's grandmother cared for her.
Claude
Claude’s father died before he was born, and his mother died in the hospital giving birth to him.
Millicent
After the death of her father and mother, Millicent was placed in the care of her aunt.
Joseph Owen
Owen and his three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Miriam
Miriam was found at a local market in the Machakos district of Kenya.
Abigail
Abigail was originally part of the second group of triplets to arrive at the Rafiki Village Ghana.
Khumbo
Khumbo's mother died in 2007 when he was two years old, and his father’s whereabouts remain unknown.
Blessing
Blessing lost her father before she was born, and her mother ran away in 2000 and was returned to the village dead two years later.
Jonathan
Not much is known about Jonathan’s parents.
Gershom
Gershom’s mother died in April 2007, and his father died some years before that.
Ruki
Ruki and her older sister were abandoned by their parents at a young age. The two girls were living on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Serge Bebito
Serge (Bebito)'s parents both died when was a small child.
Robert
Robert’s father admitted him to the hospital due to malnutrition in 2001.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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