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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. Emmanuel has never been to school. He has two sisters and a brother that came to Rafiki before he was born. Emmanuel was moved to Rafiki Village Ghana in September 2009. He enjoys pretending to be a soldier with other boys in the class, and they can frequently be found marching in formation around the playground and practicing their salutes.
DOB: Nov 26, 2004
Francisca
Francisca’s mother died after a short illness when Francisca was one year old. Her father died six months later. After the death of her father,...
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....
Jonathan
Not much is known about Jonathan’s parents. The woman who was his caretaker brought him from Sierra Leone to Liberia during the 2002 war. Someone...
Sindani
Sindani and her two older sisters were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their parents. They are from the Maasai tribe and...
Elizabeth
Elizabeth comes from a very poor family in Zambia; her mother died shortly after giving birth and the father disappeared after her death. Elizabeth...
Florence
Florence has had a difficult life since she was very young. Her father died before she was born and her mother died of an illness when she was only...
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...
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister Theresia came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer. Aurelia is an...
Naitoti
Naitoti, Nasha, and their cousin, Furaha, were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers. They are from the Maasai...
Mwaka
Mwaka’s aunt cared for her after both of her parents died. Her aunt is a widow and was already caring for six people in her home. They ate once a...
Adam
Adam was living with people in the city cemetery. (These may have been his parents.) He was left in the care of a thirteen year old girl. The...
Obadiah
Baby Obadiah was found abandoned in November 2006 in Paynesville, Liberia. The police took him to a juvenile transit home and all attempts to...
Jonathan
John’s mother died in 2003 in a drowning accident and his father died later in the same year. John lived with his uncle for a time but he had other...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was abandoned at a hospital in Rwanda when he was twelve months old, had malaria, and weighed only eleven pounds. The police have searched...
Sarai
Sarai was taken in by her grandmother when her mother and father died. However, her grandmother was caring for four other grandchildren and was...
Joseph
Joseph is a double orphan. His father died in 2006 of an illness and his mother died a year later. Joseph and his sister, Marie, lived with their...
Ruki
Ruki and her older sister were abandoned by their parents. The two girls were living on their own in a mud hut for many months. The neighbors gave...
Theresa
Theresa’s mother died within days after giving birth to Theresa and her twin sister, Josephine. The father’s parents were caring for the girls...
Gabriel
Gabriel's father abandoned the family and his mother did not recover from the C-section she had when he was born. Since that time he lived with...
Mary
Mary and her brother Emmanuel were born to a mother who is mentally ill and a father who has abandoned them. For the first three years of Mary’s...
Marie Jeanne
Marie was brought to her elderly, sickly grandmother last year after both of her parents died of sickness. Her grandmother is already caring for...
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, his mother died when he was five years old. For a while he...
Rebecca
Rebecca's father died of an illness in 2003 and her mother in 2009. At that time she went to live with her grandparents. They were elderly and...
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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