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Jeremiah
Jeremiah
Before Jeremiah arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011, he lived at a children's home in Moshi for four years with no known family. Jeremiah is now an active and sharp young man. Jeremiah continues to learn the importance of working hard in school. He enjoys learning more about God through the Rafiki Bible Study, and he looks forward to Christ's return because he trusts that he will be with Christ. Jeremiah also enjoys praying to God and singing hymns.
DOB: Feb 26, 2007
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her.
Awumbe
Awumbe’s mother died during a riot and his father died soon after her.
Innocent
Both of Innocent's parents are deceased. Soon after his mother's death, Innocent was diagnosed with tuberculosis and began treatment.
Linda
Linda's parents died in 2004. She was living with relatives for a time, but they found they could not provide for her and her brother, Caleb.
Kebah
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Albert
After the death of both of his parents, Albert arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Bernice
After the death of their parents, Bernice and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Morris
Morris’ was brought to an orphanage in Kitui in April, 2003 after both his parents died.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Fortuna
Fortuna and her brother Surafel were left in their uncle's care when their mother and father died.
Mercy
Mercy's parents were killed in March 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and its inhabitants.
Queenie
Queenie was abandoned in 2010 and has no known family.
Grace
Grace's father died in 2007 in a motor accident.
David
David's mother died in 2003 while giving birth, and his father's whereabouts remain unknown.
Gladys
Gladys, her twin Priscilla, and her sister Erica, became orphans after their parents died within a year after Erica’s birth.
Martey
Martey and his sisters, Selom and Francesca, were often left unattended for days at a time by their mentally ill mother.
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Sandra
Sandra lived in her uncle's care after her parent's death.
Yordanos
Yordanos’s mother abandoned her, leaving her with her grandfather, in 2006.
Ermias
Ermias' mother was mentally handicapped. She abandoned Ermias and his sister, Mehiret, and gave them to the care of their impoverished grandmother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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