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Jeremiah
Jeremiah was abandoned by both his parents at birth. After living in a state-run orphanage for a time, he arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2003. Jeremiah is now a good student who enjoys school. He is a leader and a curious learner who is not afraid to ask questions. He strives to remain thankful for the blessings God has given him. Jeremiah desires to glorify God by being content, understanding the Bible deeply, and sharing it with others.
DOB: Feb 15, 2003
Felistas
Felistas’ mother died shortly after her sister Gracious' birth. Their father abandoned the girls. They were placed in the care of their elderly...
Pererat
Pererat’s mother died soon after he was born, and his father disappeared after the Jos riots in 2008.
Naitoti
Naitoti, her sister, Nasha, and their cousin, Furaha, were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Diane
Diane’s father was never known. When her mother died in 2006, Diane went to live with her aunt.
Gladys
Gladys is a double orphan. Her mother died in 2006 and her father in 2007. Her aunt was caring for her as well as four other people in a small...
Moses
Moses and his twin sister were abandoned at a shopping center, found by strangers, and taken to a local district hospital.
Johnson
Johnson’s mother died of an illness ten days after his birth, leaving him abandoned in the hospital.
Diane
Diane’s parents died of an illness. Before that, her family was living in a refugee camp in Tanzania.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born and his father was unable to care for him. Baby Emmanuel was first placed in a short term orphan...
Lemmy
Lemmy and his sister, Eva, were living with their grandmother, who did not have the means to feed them every day, before they came to Rafiki.
Samuel
Samuel was like many children when they first arrive at Rafiki. He arrived with no shoes, and he looked very malnourished.
Thomas
Thomas’s impoverished grandmother was caring for six children, including Thomas and his sister Gloria.
Margaret
Margaret’s mother died when she was an infant.
Mediatrice
Mediatrice’s parents became sick and both died in 2007.
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both of his parents at birth and was being cared for by a state-run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three,...
Vincent
Vincent and his brother Rabson moved in with their grandmother when their parents died in 2011. His grandmother is a widow taking care of six of...
Christine
Christine was found abandoned and was admitted to a babies' home in September 2004.
Nahom
Nahom’s mother died when he was just nine months old, and his father died when he was twenty months old.
Elikana
Elikana is a double orphan. She and her sister Mercy were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let alone...
Silas
In 2007, Silas’s mother died and his father abandoned him. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Yesunesh
Yesunesh was born in Mojo, Ethiopia. Her father died when she was only a few months old, and her mother abandoned her few months after that.
Theresia
Theresia and and her twin sister, Aurelia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Randy
Randy and his two brothers Prince and Emmanuel were abandoned by their mother when she left to visit relatives and never returned.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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