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Joseph
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, he was screened and approved to join the Rafiki Village Nigeria. He arrived at the Village in 2003. Joseph admires the Lord's trustworthiness, and it produces in him a desire to be trustworthy.
DOB: Sep 1, 2000
Jane
Both Jane's parents died when she was a young child, making her a double orphan.
Mubiana
Mubiana's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father abandoned him.
Innocent
Innocent was abandoned as a young child and was then referred to a babies' home.
Blessing
Blessing's mother died in childbirth in May, 2006.
Belis
Belis' mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Martin
Martin was abandoned in May 2002 when he was two years old. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2004.
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Dennis
Dennis lived with his grandmother after his mother became mentally ill and incapable of caring for him, and his father abandoned the family when he...
Violet
Violet's mother died in childbirth, and her father died just a year later.
Ermias
Ermias' mother was mentally handicapped. She abandoned Ermias and his sister, Mehiret, and gave them to the care of their impoverished grandmother.
Eunice
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Enoch
Enoch’s mother worked at Rafiki. Her last request before her death was her hope that Enoch could come to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria.
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Comfort
Both of Comfort’s parents died when she was a young child. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004.
Smart
Smart’s mother died two weeks after his birth, and his father died soon after her.
Benjamin
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Biruk
Biruk was eighteen months old when his mother died. He then moved in with his aunt.
Mwawi
Mwawi's mother died two weeks after delivering him and his twin brother.
Kelvin
Kelvin and his sister had been in the care of their grandparents since the death of their mother and father. The grandparents found it difficult to...
Elijah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Brian
Brian’s mother died at childbirth, and his father remains unknown. Brian was then placed in an orphanage about four hours from the Rafiki Village...
Judith
Judith's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002. She and her brother Josiah came to the Village in 2004.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth’s father died in 2005, and her mother died soon after in 2007.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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