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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
Jummai
Both parents died within two years of each other and Jummai was left to be raised by her grandmother. Social welfare was concerned with her...
Irene
Irene has lived at the Rafiki Village since 2009. She loves to visit and talk, making it harder for her to be still and study. Irene is an amazing...
Dadi
Both of Dadi’s parents died in 2005. Dadi’s uncle brought him to Dadi’s grandmother when his mother died. His grandmother has struggled to care...
Richard
Richard’s mother died in 2005 and his father died in 2006. He then lived in the home of his grandmother and aunt with three other orphaned...
Catherine
Both Catherine's mother and father are deceased. Her grandmother abandoned her, and her grandmother's distant cousin took over Catherine's care....
Genet
Genet’s mother died when she was a year old, and her father is unknown. A kind neighbor took Genet in and cared for her after her mother’s death....
Margaret
Margaret’s mother died when she was an infant. She was taken to a babies' home with her twin sister, Catherine, in June 2000. Margaret and...
Molly
Molly was abandoned at the age of eight months and brought to a local police station in September 2003. She was then sent to a babies' home for...
Akolgo
Akolgo’s mother abandoned him to his grandmother and his father is unknown. He arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2001. Akolgo is...
Wilson
Wilson’s mother and father died and left him and his sister in the care of an uncle. He cared for them since the time that they were small...
Meklit
Before arriving at the village, Meklit's grandmother cared for her. The whereabouts of her mother and father remain unknown. Her grandmother sold...
Jonah
Jonah’s father died when he was just one-year-old. Before his death he had divorced Jonah’s mother. When she died in February 2004, the child...
Kofi Sefa
Kofi’s mother is mentally unstable. While they were living in a mother’s hostel she was reported to have hallucinations and become violent. Social...
Wongani
Wongani is a dear little boy who lost both his parents by the age of two. He was in the care of a fifty-five-year-old widow who was also caring...
David
At eight months old, David was abandoned around midnight in a suburb of Kampala, Uganda. He was taken to a babies' home, and he lived there for a...
Abraham
When Abraham's mother died, he was sent to live with his aunt. She sold food from a small stand and struggled to provide for Abraham and her own...
Rich
Rich’s mother died in 2011 and his father abandoned him. A church member cared for Rich until he could be brought to the Rafiki Village Tanzania....
Loveness
Loveness is a double orphan; her mother died just ten months after she was born and her father died some time before that. After her mother died,...
Emmanuel
The Social Welfare department has determined that Emmanuel is a double orphan; his father is unknown and his mother is incapable of caring for him....
Joshua
Both of Joshua’s parents are deceased. His father died from a brief illness in 2004 and his mother died when Joshua was two years old. Joshua had...
Enala
Enala’s mother died shortly after giving birth to Enala’s twin brothers. Their father died in 2007. After his death, they lived with their aunt who...
Comfort
Comfort’s father was returning home late one night after work when he was shot and killed by robbers. In October 2008, Comfort’s mother had a...
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness and her mother died during the birth of her younger brother Isaac. Kiziya and Isaac were placed...
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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