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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
Moses
Moses’s mother died shortly after she gave birth to him.
Memory
Memory was found in the care of a 65-year-old widow who lived in a village subsidized by the government for the homeless.
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness.
Gideon
Gideon and his younger twin brothers were left as orphans when their father died in 2009 and their mother died of typhoid fever in 2010.
Mitchiel
Mitchiel was brought to the Nairobi Children’s Home in May 2001 by the local police after her mentally ill mother was placed in a psychiatric...
Anjela
Before coming to the Rafiki Village Tanzania, Anjela lived with her elderly grandfather in a small mud hut. Their home was in a desolate area on...
Brian
Brian’s mother died at childbirth, and his father remains unknown. Brian was then placed in an orphanage about four hours from the Rafiki Village...
Christina
Christina arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2008 shortly after her mother's death.
Lulu
Lulu was abandoned at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center when she was born. At five months old, Lulu was brought to a local orphanage that cares...
Bridget
Bridget was abandoned and taken to a local orphanage as a child before moving to the Rafiki Village Uganda. Nothing is known about her background...
Mary
Grandparents had been caring for Mary and her brother, Clinton, since the tragic deaths of their parents. They were overwhelmed with the burden of...
Elizabeth
Elizabeth’s father died in 2005, and her mother died soon after in 2007.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister Phiona arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2005.
Godwin
Godwin lived with his unemployed aunt and uncle before his 2011 arrival at the Rafiki Village Tanzania. Godwin is a smart boy. He has moved from...
Hillary
Hillary was found abandoned in the Moshi area when he was just four months old. The woman that found him placed him at a baby's home in the area....
Emmanuel Kobi
Emmanuel (Kobi) and his two brothers Prince and Randy were abandoned by their mother when she left to visit relatives and never returned.
Ruki
Ruki and her older sister were abandoned by their parents. The two girls were living on their own in a mud hut for many months. The neighbors gave...
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Ndidi
Ndidi is orphaned having lost her father in 2005 and her mother in 2008. She and her younger brother were living with their great grandmother, an...
Leul
Leul and his brother Zerubabel were in their's aunts care prior to coming to the Rafiki Village Ethiopia in September 2012. Their aunt was a widow...
Frank
Both Frank's parents died shortly after his birth.
Adele
Adele’s father struggled daily under the weight of caring for a young son with cerebral palsy, the children’s blind grandmother, and his own kidney...
Paulina
Paulina’s father died before she was born. Her mother in 2003. Neither her grandmother nor her uncle were able to care for her and therefore social...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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