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Frankson
Frankson
Frankson and his older sister, Ariet, were orphaned when their mother died in 2009. Their father abandoned them at this time and the children moved in with their grandmother. Social welfare describes the family as living in absolute poverty, depending on well wishers for food and asked the Rafiki Foundation for help. Since May 2011 Ariet and Frankson have a new home at the Rafiki Village Malawi. Frankson loves going to school like his older sister.
DOB: Nov 1, 2007

Akua
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Aynalem
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Benon
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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...

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...

David
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Bertha
Bertha lost her parents to an illness. She lived in extreme poverty and hardship. Since the death of her parents she had been living with her...
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young and she moved in with her grandmother. Their grandmother was already caring for six children besides...

Isaac
Isaac and his twin sister, Sandra, were left as orphans when their father died in 2009; their mother had died in 2007. An aunt offered to care for...
Catherine
Both Catherine's mother and father are deceased. Her grandmother abandoned her, and her grandmother's distant cousin took over Catherine's care....
Millicent
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Biruk
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Uchizi
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Frank
Frank's mother is deceased and his father is in prison. When his father was imprisoned, Frank and two of his older siblings were left in the care...
Witness
Witness lived most of her life at an orphanage. Her mother died two weeks after she was born and the father is unknown. No one in the family was...
David
Both of David's parents are deceased. His mother died in 2003 while giving birth and his father's whereabouts are unknown. David has been living...
Mediatrice
Mediatrice’s parents went to live with the father’s parents when they became sick and died shortly after arriving in 2007. Mediatrice had been...

Juliet
Both of Juliet’s parents died when she was about two years old and she was living with her impoverished grandmother. Social welfare was concerned...

Abena
Abena and her brother’s mother has been declared mentally unstable and were cared for by their father until he abandoned them to their grandmother....
Edwin
Edwin’s father abandoned to his uncle, a farmer who grows cassava and keeps pigs and a goat. The environment was not conducive for Edwin to grow...
David
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Peter
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Ibrahim
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Aaron
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