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Emelyne
Emelyne
Emelyne was brought to her elderly grandmother after both parents died. Her grandmother is taking care of two other children who are older. Her grandmother is elderly and struggles to care for the children and has asked for help from the Rafiki Foundation. Emelyne was placed at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda. She is healthy and happy in her new home.
DOB: Nov 22, 2006
Feraol
Feraol was abandoned at one month old. Her mother left with Feraol's and has never returned. Nothing has been heard about the grandmother. Her...
Abraham
Abraham's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother Wesen eighteen months later. The boys' older sister brought them to...
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...
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...
Akolgo
Akolgo’s mother abandoned him to his grandmother and his father is unknown. He arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2001. Akolgo is...
Jeff
Jeff’s father died in 2003 and his mother in 2005. Jeff and his brother Samuel then began living with their nineteen-year-old sister, but she was...
Kelvin
Kelvin and his sister had been in the care of their grandparents since the death of their mother and father. The grandparents found it difficult to...
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...
Sharon
When Sharon was barely a toddler, her parents died in a fatal accident. Her and her sister Maureen were sent to an orphanage. After a year Sharon...
Godfred
Godfred was presented to the social welfare officer at a hospital in Accra, Ghana when his twenty-two-year-old mother came seeking medical help and...
Moris
Moris was put in the care of an uncle after his mother died, and his father remains unknown. His uncle was very poor and could not provide for even...
Ben
Before arriving at the Rafiki village, Ben and his five siblings lived with their grandmother, along with her six children, in a one-room house....
Richard
Richard’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...
Naomi
Naomi and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism. After the death of their parents in 2010...
Catherine
Catherine was abandoned immediately after birth at a hospital. The hospital social worker reported the case to the police for investigation. They...
Veronica
Veronica and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism. After the death of their parents in...
Grace
Grace’s grandmother assumed responsibility for four children in the family following the death of Grace’s father. Due to failing health, poor...
Isaac
Isaac and his twin sister, Sandra, were left as orphans when their father died in 2009; their mother had died in 2007. An aunt offered to care for...
Gracious
Gracious’ mother died of stomach cancer shortly after giving birth to her. Gracious' father abandoned her and her sister, Felistas. They were...
Francesca
Francesca, her brother Martey, and her sister Selom were under the care of their mentally ill mother who would leave them unattended for days at a...
Derrick
Derrick was referred to Rafiki by a local children's ministry. Before arriving, he was in the care of an elderly grandmother and social services...
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...
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...
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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