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Kalkidan
Kalkidan
Kalkidan was abandoned at a very young age, so his elderly grandparents cared for him. Because of their limited resources, his grandparents were going to have him become a shepherd until they heard about the Rafiki Foundation. Kalkidan was approved and arrived at the Rafiki Village in Ethiopia 2011. His name means "promise" in Amharic, the national tribal language of Ethiopia. He now has the promise of a new hope and future as his needs are met, he receives a quality education, and he studies God's Word each day! Kalkidan continues to grow in his faith, and he knows that God is sovereign. Singing hymns to the Lord brings him joy, especially singing "How Firm a Foundation."
DOB: Apr 30, 2006
Lusia
After Lusia's mother died, she lived with her aunt
Nikolas
After both Nikolas's parents died when he was a young child, his ailing grandmother referred him to the Rafiki Foundation. He arrived at the Rafiki...
Chloe
When she was a child, the police found Chloe alone in a house.
Lazarus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Alinafe
Alinafe is a double orphan who was in the care of her elderly grandparents.
Francisca
Francisca’s mother died after a short illness when Francisca was one year old. Her father died six months later.
Bethany
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joshua
Joshua's parents were killed in 2010 in mudslides that buried an entire village and the families living there. Joshua, his twin brother Gideon, and...
Rena
Rena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister, Serena.
Esther
Esther and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Comfort
Comfort arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Pererat
Pererat’s mother died soon after he was born, and his father disappeared after the Jos riots in 2008.
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness.
Clifford
Clifford and his brother, Namukolo, were living with their parents in the Kanakantappa Village when their mother died in 2010.
Glen
Glen was found abandoned in 2005.
Michael
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Rabecca
Rabecca is a double orphan. She lived with her aunt and grandmother after the death of her parents.
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Akua
In 2007, Akua’s mother and father both died of illness a few months apart.
Nicodemus
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Zawady
Zawady is a double orphan; his mother and father died in 2006.
Teeweh
Teeweh and his older sister Adele arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012 after their mother died and their father gave them up.
Biruk
Biruk’s mother was very young when she gave birth to him.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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