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Gifty
Gifty’s father died in 2005 and her mother died in February 2008 and no details are known about how they died. Gifty lived with her aunt and uncle. They had seven children of their own and could not continue to care for Gifty. Social welfare referred her to the Rafiki Foundation and she arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in June 2009. Gifty is an amazing girl who truly lives up to her name! She is kind, respectful, helpful and intelligent. She works hard and succeeds in all of her classes.
DOB: Aug 21, 2003
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...
Clementine
Clementine was brought to her uncle in 2009 after both parents died of sickness. The uncle and aunt are caring for five other children. During...
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...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was abandoned at a hospital in Rwanda when he was twelve months old, had malaria, and weighed only eleven pounds. The police have searched...
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...
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...
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...
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental health problems and could not properly care for her him. The local community looked out for him for the first four...
Amos
Amos was abandoned in Kitui near the police station when he was only two years old. He was then placed in a local home for babies and no one came...
Micheal
When he was two months old, Michael was abandoned at a shop in Kampala, Uganda. A woman left him with the shopkeeper to get some things for the...
Leonard
Leonard is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Boniface, were taken to live with their uncle. The uncle was not physically well and unable to...
Mary
Mary came to live at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Mary is a good student who enjoys school. She says the teacher who she learns the most...
Innocent
Innocent’s mother died in 2005 and his father abandoned him to an uncle. It is not known if Innocent’s Father is alive, his uncle has not seen him...
Grace
An aunt cared for Grace since the death of her parents. This widowed aunt was caring for a total of eleven children from her family, four of them...
Eric
Eric was born the youngest of three sons to Mr. Ferrel Akongyruide and Mrs. Julia Naa Akongyruide. The Akongyruide family settled in a village...
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...
Timothy
Timothy was orphaned as an infant and brought to a baby home in Kitui in December 1997. This home cared for 20 to 40 children under the age of six....
Judith
Judith’s father died in 2008 and her mother died in 2009. After that, she lived with her grandmother. There were seven people already living in...
James
Both of James parents died within months of each other and so James was left an orphan before he was six months old. Impoverished relations tried...
Robel
Robel and his sister Etsub lived with their mother when she became terminally ill with liver disease. When she became weak, she and the children...
Hannah
Both of Hannah's parents are deceased. Her father passed away two years after she was born and her mother died a year later. She has a younger...
Emmanuel
It was a joyous day when Emmanuel arrived at the Rafiki Village Zambia in March of 2013. His twin brothers, Boniface and Leonard, greeted him with...
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...
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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