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Kwame
Kwame’s father died in a logging incident in 2000 and his mother died only three months later in a traffic accident. Kwame has a brother, Yaw, and a sister, Martha, also living at Rafiki Village Ghana. The three children arrived in March 2002. Kwame is learning many life lessons about himself and the world. He is being challenged through the Rafiki Bible Study to apply the lessons learned. Kwame also participates in family devotions as well as personal quiet time.
DOB: Dec 12, 1999
Justina
Justina and her twin sister Josephine have been living with their grandparents since birth. They were born out of wedlock, and the father has never...
Jonathan
Jonathan’s mother died in March 2007 and his father died some years earlier. He was cared for by an aunt and elderly grandmother. The two women...
Feraol
Feraol lived with his mother until 2008 before she disappeared. A neighbor took Feraol in and took care of him. His neighbor was a day-laborer who...
Ben
Ben’s mother died in November 2006 and his father sometime before that. He lived with his grandparents for a short period of time, but they could...
Akua
In 2007 Akua’s mother and father both died of a sickness only a few months apart. At that time Akua went to live with her uncle. He is a farmer but...
Abraham
When Abraham's mother died, he was sent to live with his aunt. She sold food from a small stand and struggled to provide for Abraham and her own...
Austin
Austin’s father died in an accident when he was felling a tree. His mother died in November 2009 from malaria. His godfather, Justin, has cared for...
Susanna
Susanna’s mother died within a month of her birth. The father abandoned her and was reported as having died. Elderly, impoverished grandparents...
Faith
Faith’s mother passed away as a result of severe pneumonia. Faith and her older sister, Sarah, were left with their grandmother and uncle. Their...
Makatee
Makatee’s mother died in a car accident when she was eleven months old. Her father died shortly thereafter. Makatee and her half sister were sent...
Shadreck
Shadreck’s mother died in 2005 and his father died in 2006. He then lived in the home of his grandmother and aunt with three other orphaned...
Andrew
Andrew arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui, Kenya in 2000. He has few known relatives, and only his grandfather came to visit him...
Fidelis
Both parents died in December 2002 during the Jos riots. He was being cared for by distant relatives who could not adequately provide for him....
Epa
Epa’s mother died shortly after giving birth to him in 2003. His elderly grandmother assumed the care of him at this time. Epa’s father died in...
Chifundo
Chifundo’s father died of an illness in 2006, his mother is too sick to care for him. Social welfare referred him to Raifiki. Chifundo has moved to...
Gift
Gift was abandoned by his parents and lived with his grandmother. When a home visit was done by the social worker it was discovered that he was not...
John Mueke
Very few details are known about Mueke. His mother is deceased and his father is presumed to be as well. He has three older siblings who are being...
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...
Genet
Genet’s mother died when she was a year old, and her father is unknown. A kind neighbor took Genet in and cared for her after her mother’s death....
Mercy
Mercy is a double orphan. She and and her sister Elikana were in the care of a kind widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let alone two...
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...
Josephine
Josephine and her sister, Tendo, were living in a local hospital in Kampala for some time. They were placed in a temporary home for abandoned...
Denis
After Denis's mother's death, he was sent to the Nest, an organization funded by Catholic ministries, until arriving at the Rafiki Village in 2006....
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned near a police station. He was then brought to the AIC orphanage in Mogogosiek, an orphanage about four hours away from the...
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