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Joseph
Joseph and his twin brother Josiah arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui in May 2000. Their mother is deceased, and there is no record of their father. Joseph and Josiah found their home at the Rafiki Children’s Center in Nairobi in November 2003. Joseph enjoys learning Geography and asks questions to further his knowledge. Joseph now does well in most of his subjects and is average academically. He is polite, kind, and trustworthy with responsibilities. He has improved in his level of self-control and in his interactions with others in class. He struggles with Kiswahili, but he will continue to improve.
DOB: Mar 8, 1999
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness. She lived with her grandmother along with three other siblings. Her grandmother worked as a laborer...
Ethel
Both parents of Ethel died within two years of each other. Ethel moved in with her single aunt who had seven children of her own to feed and...
Martey
Martey and his sisters Selom and Francesca were under the care of their mentally ill mother who would leave them unattended for days at a time....
Donatha
When Donatha was extremely young her mother and father both died of illness. Soon after Donatha was sent to live with her father’s first wife. Her...
Christabel
Both of Christabel’s parents died of AIDs and the uncle caring for her had similar health issues. Christable and her brother Jehosephat need a...
Samson
Samson lost his parents (probably due to AIDS) long ago at Dazek Kuru in south Jos. He needed assistance from the government or a charity...
Anne
Anne’s mother is physically handicapped and depends entirely on her mother for her care. Anne’s grandmother was caring for Anne, her brother, and...
Barakael
The mother of Baraka died when he was one year old and his father is unknown. The grandfather had been caring for Barakeal and his brother,...
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. She arrived at the...
Sensee
Sensee’s mother died three days after giving birth to her. Her father died in 2008 and since that time she had been living with her uncle. They had...
Rachel
Rachel has twice been orphaned. Both parents died tragically in 2007 and 2008. The elderly grandmother cared for Rachel and her brother, Caleb,...
Nathan
Nathan came to Rafiki with decayed teeth and healed scars on his back and legs. Both parents are deceased; his father died in the military in...
Prince
Prince and his two brothers, Randy and Emmanuel, were abandoned to a caregiver by their mother when she left to visit relatives and never returned....
Beatrice
Beatrice’s parents died of a terminal illness shortly after she was born and was put in the care of her grandmother. The grandmother was a...
Yordanos
Yordanos’ mother abandoned her in 2006. Her mother left Yordanos with her grandfather, and she never returned. Her grandfather was very poor and...
Thandiwe
In 2008 Thandiwe moved in with her great-grandmother when her own mother died. She was approximately four and a half years old, and became her...
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his mentally ill mother when he was three months old. He was temporarily cared for by an American couple. The couple left...
Judith
Judith’s mother passed away in 2006. The grandmother, who lived on subsistence farming and no outside source of income, tried to provide for Judith...
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....
Esau
The mother of Esau died while delivering his younger brother Isaac. The father died the next year in a car accident. The grandmother took them in...
Beatrice
Beatrice’s mother is mentally ill and living on the streets. The mother, due to her mental state, neglected the child completely—the mother was...
Mapalo
Mapalo’s grandmother was caring for ten of her grandchildren as well as four of her own children. They survived by selling small quantities of...
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...
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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