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Gladys
Gladys
Gladys, her twin Priscilla, and her sister Erica, became orphans after their parents died within a year after Erica’s birth. Their widowed grandmother, though she tried, was unable to care for the girls' basic needs. Social welfare services asked Rafiki to assume the girls' care. Gladys and her sisters arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009. She is quite athletic and is often found playing soccer with the boys in her class. As she has studied the women of the Bible, Gladys has learned that God is not looking for perfect people but for those who will obey Him. The hymn "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" encourages her and reminds her that no storms can destroy her while she's in God's arms.
DOB: Jul 24, 2003
Jimmy
Jimmy and his twin sister Jane were brought to a local police station after their mother died in the Kenyatta National hospital.
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac.
Eliya
After Eliya’s parents died, he was placed in the care of his aunt.
Olivia
Olivia and her twin sister, Gloria, were placed in the care of their uncle after their father died.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel lived with his elderly grandmother after the death of his parents.
Rena
Rena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister, Serena.
Nancy
Nancy’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandparents shortly after her birth.
Sibongile
Sibongile’s mother was impoverished and unable to care for her or her sister Siphwe.
Nicholas
Nicholas's mother abandoned him and left him with his grandmother when he was three months old. His grandmother took him to a local babies' home...
Valiness
After losing both of her parents to a fatal illness, Valiness lived with her impoverished grandmother who could not provide for her needs.
Fiyete
Fiyete was just a few months old when her mother became sick and was hospitalized.
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...
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Queenie
Queenie was abandoned in 2010 and has no known family.
Thomas
Thomas’s impoverished grandmother was caring for six children, including Thomas and his sister Gloria.
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was a young child, he was carried on his mother’s back as she wandered the city of Accra.
Peter
Peter’s grandmother and other relatives cared for him after the death of his parents.
Thomas
Both Thomas's parents died from unknown causes when he was a young child, and the people in his village were unable to provide sufficient care for...
Janvier
Janvier’s father abandoned him and his mother and moved to Tanzania.
Dennis
Dennis lived with his grandmother since his mother was not capable of caring for him, and his father abandoned the family when he was a baby. His...
Sharon
Sharon's mother is deceased and her father is unknown.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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