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John
John’s father had been deceased for a few years when his mother died in 2007. Upon the death of his mother, John and his brother, Mathias, were given to an uncle who has a wife and six children. He is a farmer and barely makes enough to provide food for his own family, let alone two extra children. The lack of care for the boys was verified by a local social worker. The brothers came to Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2008. John is very helpful and often volunteers to stay after school to help clean the classroom.
DOB: Oct 31, 2004
Catherine
Catherine’s Mother died in 2005 and her father committed suicide in 2008. Catherine was cared for by relatives for one month and then went to live...
Lorine
Lorine was referred to Rafiki Village Kenya by The Nairobi Children's Home. She arrived at the village in 2003. Her greatest strength is her...
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her. Without a relative to raise...
Micheal
When he was two months old, Michael was abandoned at a shop in Kampala, Uganda. A woman left him with the shopkeeper to get some things for the...
Gideon
Gideon's parents were killed in 2010 when mudslides buried their village and the families living there. Gideon, his twin brother, Joshua, and older...
Denis
After the death of their father, Denis and his brother Charles went to live with their aunt. They lived in a small room that was only about twenty...
Rachel
Rachel has twice been orphaned. Both parents died tragically in 2007 and 2008. The elderly grandmother cared for Rachel and her brother, Caleb,...
Sumaya
Sumaya's father died from complications due to AIDS and her mother started living with another man who did not want Sumaya. Sumaya's grandmother...
Claudia
Claudia was passed from one house to another in the village where her parents died. Her elderly grandmother was unable to adequetly care for her....
Tiwonge
Tiwonge came to us from extremely vulnerable circumstances. Her mother suffers from extreme mental disabilities and her father abandoned them very...
Munyithya
His father died four months after he was born, and his mother followed eighteen months later before his second birthday. He and his older sister...
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his grandmother who could not care for him as a small child. He arrived at the Rafiki village in December 2007. He now...
Semegne
Semegne was orphaned shortly after she was born. No one knows her mother's whereabouts, and her father is dead. Semegne's aunt cared for her but...
Yeabsira
Not much is known about Yeabsira’s life before he arrived at the Rafiki Village in Ethiopia. He and his brother were abandoned by their dying...
Edmund
When Edmund’s parents died, he was left in the care of his aunt along with his two brothers and one sister. The aunt was unable to adequately feed...
Mercy
Mercy’s mother passed away some time in 2003 and her father is unknown. After her mother’s death, she lived at the AIC babies’ home in Mogogosiek—a...
Atarebono
Atarebono’s mother has abandoned her and the father is unknown. When she was born she was named Atebem (which means “I have nothing.”) Her mother...
Inocent
Inocent was malnourished and small for his age when he arrived at Rafiki Village Tanzania in May 2012. His grandmother cared for him after he was...
Jerome
Jerome was abandoned at a local hospital in Kampala Uganda on the evening of March 5, 2005. He was admitted to the Special Care Unit of the...
Irene
Irene and her twin sister Dorine were living with their paternal grandmother who was poor and could not provide the girls' basic needs. Social...
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...
Paul
At four years of age, Paul has had a hard start in life. During the initial screening, it was revealed that Paul was physically abused. He never...
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...
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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