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Grace
Grace’s grandmother assumed responsibility for four children in the family following the death of Grace’s father. Due to failing health, poor vision, difficulty walking, and poor financial status, she sought help from social welfare for placement for the children. Grace and her brother Martin came to live at Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2005. Grace is a unique and creative girl with a very active imagination.
DOB: Jan 3, 2003
Tabitha
Both of Tabitha’s parents died before she was four years old, leaving her and her four older brothers and sisters as orphans. She lived with her...
Monicah
Monicah's mother is believed to be dead, and her father is unknown. Her grandparents cared for her but could no longer continue to do so. The...
Ruth
Ruth’s mother died in September 2002, her father is unknown. After her mother’s death, she lived with her aunts and uncles who were unable to care...
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness. She lived with her grandmother along with three other siblings. Her grandmother worked as a laborer...
Mabel
Mabel and her twin brother and sister, were orphaned when both of their parents died of illnesses. Their uncle had no alternative but to add these...
Blessed
Blessed’s mother abandoned her 4 days after birth at the Kakamega Provincial General Hospital. The hospital social worker reported the case to the...
Ndidi
Ndidi is orphaned having lost her father in 2005 and her mother in 2008. She and her younger brother were living with their great grandmother, an...
Samson
Samson was abandoned and taken to a local orphanage. Nothing is known about his background or his family. After an investigation of the situation,...
Joseph
Both of Joseph’s parents are deceased. He and his sister Abigail came to Rafiki Village Ghana in January 2002. Joseph (or Baba as we call him here...
Lydia
Lydia was orphaned when her mother died in 2003. Her father had passed away two years earlier. Lydia and her young brother Job lived with their...
Abraham
Abraham’s mother died when he was just nine months old. His father died when he was twenty months old. His grandmother then cared for him after his...
Lisa
Lisa’s mother died when she was two years old and her father two years later. Since then she had lived with her aunt. She and her husband were...
Rabson
Rabson and his brother Vincent moved in with their grandmother when their parents died in 2011. His grandmother is a widow taking care of six of...
Eves
Eves was a loving four-year-old who had lost her mother during birth and her father from an illness. She was in the care of an aunt who had many...
Dan
Both of Dan's parents are deceased and Dan was put in the care of an elderly and impoverished uncle. The social welfare office requested help for...
Christopher
Christopher lost both of his parents between 2002 and 2003. Although he had four older siblings, there was no adult family able to provide care for...
Rose
Five-year-old Rose was brought by her grandfather to a local orphanage in early 2007 because her parents were dead and he could no longer care for...
Gracious
Gracious’ mother died of stomach cancer shortly after giving birth to her. Gracious' father abandoned her and her sister, Felistas. They were...
Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and the families living there. Mercy and her younger twin...
Judith
Judith's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002. Living relations were having great difficulty caring for his physical, spiritual and other...
Ethan
Ethan’s mother died shortly after he was born and his father died in 2002. The local pastor in the village assumed the care of Ethan. In 2004, the...
Simeon
In 2009, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare closed an orphanage due to adoption violations. Thirty-five children were removed from the...
Gertrude
Gertrude, or Trudy as she is called here, was orphaned after her father and mother died within a year of each other. She was taken to stay with her...
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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