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Ester
Ester, an only child, was in the care of her grandmother after her parents died of a fatal illness. The grandmother was caring for a total of fourteen children. There were many times when Ester had only one meal a day. She came to Rafiki Village Malawi, March 2007, very malnourished. In the first four months she gained eight pounds and grew four inches. She grew out of her clothes quickly and became a healthy child before our eyes. Ester also quickly adapted to her new home and bonded with her Rafiki Mother and siblings. Ester enjoyed competing against other secondary school students in an Academic Challenge last term and was on the winning team. Their reward was a day trip to Vwaza Marsh Game Preserve where she saw elephants and hippos! She is an obedient, quiet student, and she is learning to speak up if she has ideas to share.
DOB: Jan 21, 2003
Dorine
Dorine and her twin sister Irene were living with their paternal grandmother who was very poor and could not give the girls their basic needs. The...
Janet
Janet is a triplet. Her birth siblings are all girls. Janet’s mother died shortly after delivering the triplets. The father was without job and...
Furaha
Furaha and her two cousins were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers. They are from the Maasai tribe and lived...
Jonah
Jonah’s father died when he was just one-year-old. Before his death he had divorced Jonah’s mother. When she died in February 2004, the child...
Jehu
Jehu’s mother died of yellow fever and his father was a policeman killed in the war. Since the death of their mother Jehu and his sister Miatta,...
Beatrice
Both Beatrice's parents died and she lived with her grandparents and her four brothers and sisters for a while. It was a struggle for the...
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...
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....
Teeweh
Due to the difficult home situation for Teeweh and his older sister, Adele, the Rafiki Foundation welcomed them into the Rafiki family. Teeweh’s...
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...
Bernice
Since the death of their parents, Bernice and her two sisters were in the care of an aunt. heir aunt had three children of her own and doubling the...
Abenezer
Abenezer was just fifteen days old when his teenage mother gave him over to his grandmother. His grandmother did not have a job or the means to...
Gloria
Gloria and her twin sister Olivia were abandoned and given to a paternal uncle when their father died. Their uncle became unable to care for them....
Samuel
Samuel was found wandering the streets of his village when he was two-years-old. Samuel was brought to Rafiki Village Kenya in December 2003....
Joe
Joe was put in the care of an aunt when his mother and father died. They heard about the Rafiki Foundation and hoped that Rafiki would consider...
Jean de Dieu
Before his arrival at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda, Jean lived with a couple who were neighbors with his mom before she died in November 2012 in a...
Gladys
Gladys and her twin, Priscilla, as well as their sister, Erica, became orphans after their parents died within a year after Erica’s birth. Their...
Khumbo
Khumbo is a sweet young boy who lost his mother in March of 2007. He was only two years old. His father’s whereabouts are unknown. Khumbo was...
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...
Mercy
Mercy is a double orphan. She and and her sister Elikana were in the care of a kind widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let alone two...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel is the youngest of eight children and his mother died two days after he was born. Soon after her death he was placed in a crisis nursery...
Theresa
Theresa was abandoned at seven months old by her mother at a shop in downtown Monrovia. The shop owner took Theresa home. She and her husband had...
Atsu
In 2007 Atsu’s mother and father both died of a sickness only a few months apart. At that time Atsu went to live with his uncle. He is a farmer but...
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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