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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
Gabriel
Gabriel was living in a very, very poor household with an uncle who was caring for three children with the help of neighbors who assisted with...
Lillian
Lillian lost both her parents to AIDS. One parent died in 2003 and the other in 2004. She was placed in the care of her impoverished aunt but the...
Sharon
Sharon's mother is deceased and her father is unknown. Her grandparents were elderly and financially unable to care for the child. She had been...
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa that takes care of the less...
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...
David
David’s mother died in 2007 of breast cancer. His father died in 2008 after a short illness. David’s uncle cared for his brother’s three sons since...
Miriam
Miriam was found at a local market in the Machakos district of Kenya. She was then placed in a babies’ home, and no one came to check on her or...
Jack
Jack is a double orphan. He was living with his grandmother who survived by subsistence farming. The household was very vulnerable with inadequate...
Ezekiel
Both parents died within two years of each other and Ezekiel was left to be raised by his grandmother. Social welfare was concerned with his...
Jane Kacyeye
Jane’s parents were living in Uganda when they died from a terminal illness. A Good Samaritan helped Jane and her sister, Deobrah’s, elderly...
Winston
Both of Winston’s parents are dead. Winston came to live with his elderly grandmother in the Buchanan area. She is very poor and has struggled to...
Sibongile
Sibongile’s mother was impoverished an unable to care for her or her sister. They were both given to their grandmother who was equally poor. After...
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...
Abel
Abel was found abandoned as a baby. A good Samaritan rescued him and attended to him before proceeding to take him to a village elder and then to...
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...
Chloe
The police found Chloe as a child in a house alone. They kept her in custody for some time while trying to locate her parents who were never found....
Isaiah
Isaiah’s grandparents were too old to care for him so he had living with a maternal aunt. She had six of her own children and was unable to care...
Kofi
In 2006 both of Kofi’s parents died in a vehicular accident while they were transporting their farm produce to a nearby market. Afterward, Kofi...
Biruk
Biruk was eighteen months old when his mother died and he moved in with his aunt. She worked as a housemaid and had to take Biruk to work with her....
Eyob
Eyob was abandoned at two months of age. HIs father died some time before his birth and his mother couldn’t care for him. His grandparents took him...
Faith
Faith’s mother died of an illness in 2005 and her father died after an accident. Faith and her brother had been living with the father’s cousin...
Champ
An elderly woman was the guardian of Champ and his two brothers. The fathers of the boys are unknown and the mother was unable to care for them....
Praise
Praise was living at a baby’s home before arriving at Rafiki Village Malawi in October 2014. His mother died shortly after he was born and his...
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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