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Faith
Faith
Faith’s mother died giving birth to her and her father is unknown. Faith was in the care of her grandmother after the death of her mother. There were no other family members to care for Faith and her grandmother could not continue. Faith was malnourished, slept on a palm mat, and her clothing was shabby. Because of the situation, her family asked Rafiki for help. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia, in October 2010. Faith really likes learning about Math and English. She hopes to be a journalist when she grows up. She wants to be able to interview people and share their stories.
DOB: Jan 1, 2009
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...
Abigail
Abigail was abandoned in the annex of a Nairobi hospital grounds. Her documents state that she was born on January 28, 2005 and that she was found...
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...
Keza
Keza was brought to her elderly grandmother in 2009 after both parents died of sickness. Her grandmother is already taking care of six other...
Lisa
Lisa’s mother died when she was two years old and her father two years later. Since then she had lived with her aunt. She and her husband were...

Paul
Paul’s father died during the religious riots that occurred in Jos in 2001. His mother is also deceased. Paul and his brother Felix came to the...
Rena
Rena’s mother died from complications of malaria three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister. Her father died in 2008 from an...
Centia
Centia’s father died before she was born and her mother died when she was about seven months old. Centia and her siblings were divided among...

Surafel
Surafel and his sister, Fortuna, where left in the care of an uncle when their mother and father died. Their uncle struggled to care for the...
Annie
Since the death of her parents, Annie was cared for by an aunt. Her aunt has one child of her own and shares a house with four other people....
George
An elderly woman was the guardian of George and his two brothers. The fathers of the boys are unknown and the mother was unable to care for them....

Kwasi
Kwasi and his twin sister, Akosua, were in the care of their grandfather after the death of their parents. He was unemployed and could not feed and...

Rachel
Rachel’s mother returned to her village pregnant, and gave no information about the father. She died shortly after delivery and her sister cared...

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...
Patience
Patience’s mother died a month after Patience was born. Her father was killed a year later in a farming accident. An uncle took over the care of...
Austin
Austin’s father died in an accident when he was felling a tree. His mother died in November 2009 from malaria. His godfather, Justin, has cared for...
Diane
Diane’s parents died of an illness. The family was living in a refugee camp in Tanzania but after the death of her parents the children moved in...
Marcel
Marcel was found wandering alone near a church close to the Burundi border. The local officials made announcements about him, but no one claimed...

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...

Elijah
Elijah was referred to Rafiki by an orphanage four hours away from the Village. He came to Rafiki Village Kenya in October 2004. Elijah has a...
Doreen
Doreen’s mother abandoned her in 2011 and Doreen’s father is unknown. She lived with her great grandmother, a widow in poor health who had very...
Josephine
Josephine and her sister, Tendo, were living in a local hospital in Kampala for some time. They were placed in a temporary home for abandoned...
Patrick
Patrick’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was mentally ill and unable to care for him. Patrick was cared for by a crisis...
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...