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Fiskani
Fiskani’s mother is deceased and his father is ill and unable to care for him. He was living in a local village home without electricity or running water. He was sleeping on a grass mat, without blankets, and eating one meal a day because of the lack of maize. Since coming to the Rafiki Village Malawi in March 2006. Fiskani recently presented an informative speech on cholera to the entire student body, and he continues to seek out opportunities to learn about the practice of medicine. He is working to make real-life connections to his subjects, and his desire to become a physician remains strong. He is described by his teacher as eager to learn and participate in class and very sociable.
DOB: May 11, 2001
Pererat
Pererat’s mother died after his birth. His father disappeared after the Jos riots in 2008. An aunt was caring for Pererat after the death of his...
Carolyn
Carolyn was abandoned as a child and was found by a probation officer. She was taken to a reception center. Social welfare did a thorough search...
Lilian
Lilian was born a twin but was separated from her brother at birth. Her mother gave her over to an aunt. Lilian's aunt died a few months later, and...
Tabitha
Tabitha is an abandoned child with no family members who were able to care for her. Social Service interviewed Tabitha and family members and...
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his grandmother who could not care for him as a small child. He arrived at the Rafiki village in December 2007. He now...
Nathan
Nathan came to Rafiki with decayed teeth and healed scars on his back and legs. Both parents are deceased; his father died in the military in...
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...
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....
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
Kwame
Kwame’s father died in a logging incident in 2000 and his mother died only three months later in a traffic accident. Kwame has a brother, Yaw, and...
Augustine
Augustine, his twin brother, Augustus, and older brother, Gideon, were left as orphans when their mother died of typhoid fever in January 2010....
Alexander
Since the death of his parents, Alexander has been in the care of a man in his village. He took Alexander in and has raised him along with his own...
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...
Eliya
After Eliya’s parents died, he was brought to his aunt's home. His aunt had four children of her own and about to give birth to a fifth. She was...
Faith
Faith’s mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia. Faith and her older sister, Sarah, were left with their grandmother and uncle. Their...
Joseph
Joseph and his twin brother Josiah arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui in May 2000. Their mother is deceased, and there is no record of...
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...
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years at an orphanage in Tanzania. They contacted the Rafiki Foundation about long term...
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...
Caleb
Caleb’s parents died when he was four years old and his relatives are unable to care for him as they are impoverished and relied on subsistence...
Kilonzi
Kilonzi came to the Rafiki Foundation from the Kitui Baby Home in Nairobi, Kenya where he had been since February 5, 2005. His elderly grandparent...
Mary
Mary and her sister, Rachael, were orphaned in 2009 when their parents were killed in a car accident. Their caregivers had a meager income and...
Christina
Christina and her two sisters were orphaned as small children and were living with their grandmother. Though their aging grandmother tried to...
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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