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Kenny
Kenny
Kenny and his brother, Brino’s, mother died of an illness and their father is unknown. Their elderly grandmother took them in but struggled to provide for them as well as four other children. She was a poor farmer with no steady income. The boys were not in school and their grandmother was concerned for their future; she contacted Rafiki for help. The boys arrived at Rafiki Village Rwanda in February 2014, their grandmother was overjoyed with the bright future for her grandsons.
DOB: Feb 1, 2011
Marcel
Marcel was found wandering alone near a church close to the Burundi border. The local officials made announcements about him, but no one claimed...
Tabitha
Tabitha is an abandoned child with no family members who were able to care for her. Social Service interviewed Tabitha and family members and...
Israel
Israel’s mother died in 2001 when he was two years old, and his father died in 2003.
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever.
Purity
Purity lost her parents in 2004 and 2005 and was being cared for by an aunt and uncle. They had seven living in their home, including a new baby,...
Hana
Hana’s mother died in 2008, and her father remains unknown.
Mapalo
Mapalo’s is a double orphan, her mother died in 2006 and her father died in 2008. After her father died, she lived with her cousin who had five...
Namukolo
Namukolo and his brother, Clifford, lived with his parents in a small rural village when their mother died in 2010. The father abandoned them and...
Awumbe
Awumbe’s mother died during a riot and his father died soon after her.
Stanley
Both of Stanley's parents contracted a fatal illness and died when he was a young child.
Margaret
Margaret’s mother died when she was an infant.
Chipo
Chipo’s parent’s died in a tragic bus accident. Her mother was pregnant with Chipo at the time of the bus accident and she lived just long enough...
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother, Malesse, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Francesca
Francesca, her brother Martey, and her sister Selom were under the care of their mentally ill mother who would leave them unattended for days at a...
Rabson
Rabson and his brother Vincent moved in with their grandmother when their parents died in 2011. His grandmother is a widow taking care of six of...
Pross
Prossy lost her father to AIDS at age four. Her mother was unable to care for her because she was mentally ill. She was placed in the care of her...
Diana
Diana was placed in the care of her young uncle after her mother died.
George
George’s father and mother could not care for him. George was malnourished when he was referred to Rafiki by a ministry in the Mukono district of...
Anastazia
Anastazia is a double orphan. She and her brother Innocent arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2008 and soon benefited from the quality care,...
Mercy
Mercy’s mother passed away some time in 2003, and her father remains unknown.
Lucia
Lucia’s mother died shortly after she gave birth to her.
Timothy
Timothy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local orphanage in Kampala, Uganda after he was abandoned and given to his grandmother as an...
Eltonia
Eltonia’s father died in 2007, and her mother died in 2009.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.