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Laurine
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006, and she arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi a year later. She soon radiated with joy and embraced her new life. Laurine enjoys singing and making music, and she is the leader of the six-member "Amazing Grace Choir." Laurine believes that nothing can separate her from God's love for her. She is determined to love others as Jesus has loved her.
DOB: Nov 30, 2000
Julie
Following the death of their parents, Julie and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Eric
After his mother died, Eric and his older brother, Eliya, were placed in the care of their aunt.
Rachel
Rachel’s mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father remains unknown. Rachel was referred to the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2006...
Caleb
Caleb’s mother was placed in prison when he was young child, and his father is unknown.
Esther
When Esther’s parents passed away, she was placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Etsub
Etsub and her brother, Robel, lived with their mother before she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Tapiwa
Tapiwa and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Zachariah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Fortuna
Fortuna and her brother Surafel were left in their uncle's care when their mother and father died.
Naitoti
Naitoti, her sister, Nasha, and their cousin, Furaha, were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
Judith
Judith’s mother passed away when she was young, and she was then cared for by various relatives before arriving at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2004.
Stephena
Stephena's father was killed by lightning and her mother died, along with Stephena's twin, while giving birth.
Rachel
Rachel was orphaned when she was just three months old and was then taken in by her grandparents.
Janet
Janet's mother died in 2012, and it was soon confirmed that her mother's husband was not her biological father.
Atimbil
Atimbil and his brother and sister, Awumbe and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Rachel Mwila
Rachel was one of thirteen children living at a farm with her grandparents.
Tizeta
Tizeta was abandoned by her mother, and her father is unknown.
Kebah
After being abandoned by their mother, Kebah and her brother Michael were removed from their abusive caretaker.
Paul
Paul's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Isaac, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012.
Frankson
Frankson and his older sister, Ariet, were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Vivian
Vivian’s mother was mentally ill, and her father was unknown.
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Kelvin
Kelvin was orphaned in 2002 and nothing is known about his family.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.