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Kiziya
Kiziya
Kiziya’s father died in 2006 after a brief illness, and her mother died while giving birth to her younger brother, Isaac. Kiziya and Isaac were placed in the care of their paternal uncle who was caring for his own children and wife and sought to help raise Kiziya and her brother. The siblings arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2007. Kiziya says God makes Himself known to her through His Word and through the godly people around her. She enjoys school and reading. Kiziya wishes to encourage others in their Christian walk.
DOB: Aug 21, 2001
Abraham
After Abraham's mother died, he was sent to live with his aunt.
Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died when he was nine months old, and his father is unknown.
Hope
Hope was placed in the care of her aunt and uncle after the death of her parents.
Esther
Esther and her sister Celestina are double orphans.
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his grandmother who could not care for him as a small child.
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him after the death of his parents.
Clinton
After the death of their parents, Clinton and his sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009.
Cephas
Cephas's father died just before he was born, and his mother died when he was just four years old.
Anjela
After being abandoned by her mother, Anjela lived with her elderly grandfather in a small mud hut.
Jummai
Both Jummai's parents died within two years of each other, and Jummai and her brother Ezekiel were left to be raised by her grandmother.
Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown.
Martey
Martey and his sisters, Selom and Francesca, were often left unattended for days at a time by their mentally ill mother.
Abel
Abel's mother died when he was one year old, and his father remains unknown.
Ruth
Ruth was placed in the care of her elderly grandparents after her own parents died.
Sindani
Sindani and her two older sisters were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their parents.
Mary
Both of Mary’s parents were ill. Her father abandoned her mother, and her mother gave her up because she was too sick to care for her.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died in 2007, and his father drowned in a river while fishing in 2009.
Leticia
Leticia's parents died of HIV in 2010. She and her brother were brought to live with their aunt, but she was unable to care for them.
Marie Jeanne
Marie Jeanne was brought to her elderly, sickly grandmother when she was a young child after both of her parents died of sickness.
Thandiwe
After her mother's death, Thandiwe was sent to live with her great grandmother.
Abraham
Abraham's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Wesen, eighteen months later.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died two days after he was born.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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