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Gladys
Gladys
Gladys arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009. She is quite athletic and is often found playing soccer. 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
Isaac
Isaac's mother died while delivering him, and his father died the following year in a car accident.
Ruth
After the death of their parents, Ruth and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Lois
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Juliet
Juliet lost her mother in 2003 and her father in 2004. She was then put in the care of an aunt who could not care for her basic needs. She arrived...
Stephena
Stephena's father was killed by lightning and her mother died, along with Stephena's twin, while giving birth.
Frederick
Frederick’s mother died in 2008, and his father is unknown.
Seth
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Smart
Smart’s mother died two weeks after his birth, and his father died soon after her.
Yordanos
Yordanos’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandfather, in 2006.
Shadreck
After the death of his parents, Shadreck was in the care of an impoverished widow could not properly feed him.
Daniel
Daniel and his brother were orphaned after their parents died.
Akua
In 2007, Akua’s mother and father both died of illness a few months apart.
Naomi
Naomi’s father died when she was a year old.
Patience
Patience’s father was a soldier and died before she turned 3.
Grace
Grace was orphaned when she was only three months old.
Joshua
Joshua's parents were killed in 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and the families living there. Joshua, his twin brother Gideon, and...
Edmund
Edmund and his brother, Ebenezer, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in May 2009.
Vincent
Vincent and his brother, Rabson, lived with their grandmother after their parents died in 2011.
Alinafe
Alinafe is a double orphan who was in the care of her elderly grandparents.
Jeremiah
After the death of his parents, Jeremiah lived with a family member. Though she tried, this family member could not provide for Jeremiah's basic...
Jane
Jane’s parents were living in Uganda when they died from a terminal illness.
Shedrak
Shedrak’s mother died in 2006 and his father died shortly after.
Brighton
Brighton came to the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 along with his older brother Petros after the death of their parents.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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