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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
Grace
Grace’s teenage mother gave birth to her and then left the hospital the next morning, abandoning Grace.
Edwin
Edwin’s father abandoned him when he was a young child, leaving him with his uncle.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
Moses
Moses’s parents both died within a year of each other, leaving him orphaned as an infant.
Grace
Grace's parents are both deceased. As an infant, she was in the care of an aunt who soon was unable to care for her properly.
Samson
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Karen
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents.
Precious Blessing
Precious's mother died in 2009, and her father then abandoned her.
Memory
Memory and her twin brother, Uchizi, had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown.
Sumaya
Sumaya's father died when she was a young child, and her mother started living with another man who was unwilling to care for her.
Faustin
After Faustin’s mother died, a woman in the community offered to take him.
Alexander
After his parents died, Alexander was placed in the care of a man in his village.
Michael
Michael’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and his father died after an accident.
John
John arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 after both of his parents died.
Sibongile
Sibongile’s mother was impoverished and unable to care for her or her sister Siphwe.
Janjay
Janjay’s mother died after giving birth to her, and her father died shortly after in a car accident.
Rose
Rose was brought to a children's home in Moshi, Tanzania in 2008 by a pastor from a local church after she was abandoned by her mother.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Fabrice
Fabrice was abandoned and placed in front of a children’s home as a small child.
Maria
After both Maria's parents died, she was left in the care of her impoverished grandmother who could not adequately care for her.
Levi
Meseret
Social Welfare approached the Rafiki Foundation regarding Meseret's care. She is a double orphan: both of her parents died of an illness.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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