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Esther
Esther's father died in 2004, and her mother died six months later. Esther was then placed in the care of an aunt. Though she tried, Esther's aunt could not properly care for her. She asked social services for help, and Esther arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008. Esther is now a good student who enjoys school. She wants to thank her sponsors for their prayers and for enabling her to get a good education. She is learning to trust God because He has provided so abundantly for her. She says that God has made Himself known to her through the beauty of nature and the power of His Word. She desires to trust God in every circumstance.
DOB: Apr 14, 2002
Jean de Dieu
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda, Jean lived with a couple who were neighbors with his mother before she died in November 2012 in a...
Serge Bebito
Serge (Bebito)'s parents both died when was a small child.
Jane Kacyeye
Jane’s parents were living in Uganda when they died from a terminal illness.
Mary
Mary is a double orphan who was placed in the care of her uncle and his family after the death of her parents.
Joanna
Joanna is a triplet. Her sisters, Janet and Jennifer also live in the Rafiki Village Ghana. Joanna’s mother died shortly after delivering her and...
Naomie
Naomie was living with her mother in Burundi when her mother became ill and died.
Dalitso
Dalitso and his twin sister, Blessing, moved four times after their mother died when they were babies.
Priscilla
Priscilla, her twin Gladys, and their sister Erica became orphans after both their parents died within a year after Erica’s birth. Priscilla...
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown.
Sean
Sean’s mother abandoned him after his father was put in prison.
Yamakani
Yamikani lost her father in 2004, and her mother was also dying of an illness at this time.
Donatha
When Donatha was extremely young, her mother and father both died of an illness.
Betty
Both of Betty’s parents died when she was young. Her mother contracted cerebral malaria, and her father died in a car accident.
Jackson
Jackson’s mother and father died of health complications in 2013.
Lemmy
Lemmy and his sister, Eva, were living with their grandmother, who did not have the means to feed them every day, before they came to Rafiki.
Randy
Randy and his two brothers Prince and Emmanuel were abandoned by their mother when she left to visit relatives and never returned.
Jonathan
Jonathan’s mother died in March 2007, and his father died some years earlier.
Christina
Christina and her two sisters, Peace and Tendo, were orphaned as small children and were living with their grandmother.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was unable to care for him and abandoned him.
Julie
Following the death of their parents, Julie and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Brian
Brian’s mother died at childbirth, and his father remains unknown. Brian was then placed in an orphanage about four hours from the Rafiki Village...
Juliet
Both of Juliet’s parents died when she was about two years old. She was then placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Jessica
Jessica was found abandoned as an infant at a community school on September 14, 2009 and was taken to the police station.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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