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Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006 and has since enjoyed her new home. Kathy loves playing basketball. She is a good team player who displays good sportsmanship. Kathy's favorite subjects are math, English, and biology. She enjoys early sacred music lessons and appreciates the fact that music has been a gift from God since the beginning of the world. Kathy also plays the viola in the Rafiki Youth Orchestra. She seeks to imitate Christ, rejoice in hope, and be in constant prayer.
DOB: Sep 25, 2001
Queen
Queen’s mother died in 2007 and her father, unable to care for her, abandoned her.
Yesunesh
Yesunesh was born in Mojo, Ethiopia. Her father died when she was only a few months old, and her mother abandoned her few months after that.
Smart
Smart’s mother died two weeks after his birth, and his father died soon after her.
Dorcas
Dorcas was abandoned by both her parents at birth.
James
After the death of his parents, James's grandmother took care of him and his brother, Frank.
Lorine
Lorine was referred to the Rafiki Village Kenya by The Nairobi Children's Home, the orphanage her aunt placed her in as a young child, and she...
Haggart
After both Haggart's parents died, he arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Vivian
Both of Vivian's parents died in 2005. She briefly lived with a maternal uncle, but he was unable to care properly for Vivian.
Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her brother, Clinton, were placed in the care of their grandparents.
Sindani
Sindani and her two older sisters were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their parents.
Nasha
Nasha, her sister, and cousin were in their grandmother's care after her father's death.
Moses
Moses was only a year old when both of his parents died of an illness.
Ezekiel
Both Ezekiel's parents died within two years of each other, and Ezekiel was left to be raised by his grandmother.
Samuel
Samuel was found wandering the streets of his village when he was two years old.
Kwame
Both Kwame’s parents died in 2010. He was brought to the Rafiki Village in Ghana in March 2011.
Jessica
Jessica was found abandoned as an infant at a community school on September 14, 2009 and was taken to the police station.
Celestina
Celestina and her sister Esther are double orphans.
Joshua
Joshua was abandoned by his sixteen-year-old mother.
Christina
Christina and her two sisters, Peace and Tendo, were orphaned as small children and were living with their grandmother.
Faustin
After Faustin’s mother died, a woman in the community offered to take him.
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,...
Mirriam
Mirriam’s father died in 2003 and her mother died two years later. Three-year-old Mirriam then went to live with an aunt. The aunt was also caring...
Moses
Moses was removed from his mother in January 2003 for his protection.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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