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Lucy
After Lucy's parents died in 2011, she lived with an unemployed uncle and his children until Social Welfare contacted the Rafiki Foundation in 2012 about her long-term care. Lucy is now a good student who has learned the value of hard work. She is learning to study hard and concentrate on her schoolwork. In her spare time, she enjoys playing basketball and soccer and is skilled at both sports. She enjoys reading God's Word and studying it each day with her Rafiki family.
DOB: Apr 24, 2006
Sibongile
Sibongile’s mother was impoverished and unable to care for her or her sister Siphwe.
Nasha
Nasha, her sister, and cousin were in their grandmother's care after her father's death.
Emmanuella (Muki)
Emmanuella's (Muki) mother died in June 2008. She lived with her father until he died in July 2008. After living with an aunt who could not...
Afia
Both Afia’s mother and father died in 2006, and she arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Hilda
Hilda was abandoned when she was two years old.
Ruth
Ruth was placed in the care of her elderly grandparents after her own parents died.
Sharon
When Sharon was barely a toddler, her parents died in a fatal accident.
David
David was abandoned as a newborn at a local hospital and discovered by the night staff.
Juliet
Both of Juliet’s parents died when she was about two years old. She was then placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
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...
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Samuel
Samuel was found wandering the streets of his village when he was two years old.
Biruk
Biruk was eighteen months old when his mother died. He then moved in with his aunt.
Namukolo
Namukolo and his brother, Clifford, lived with his parents in a small rural village before their mother died in 2010. The father abandoned them and...
Frank
Frank's mother is deceased, and his father is in prison. After his father was imprisoned, Frank was left in the care of an elderly widowed neighbor.
Centia
Centia’s father died before she was born, and her mother died when she was about seven months old.
Daniel
Daniel and his brother were orphaned after their parents died.
Claire
Not much is known about Claire's background or family.
Silas
In 2007, Silas’s mother died and his father abandoned him. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Eva
Eva and her brother Lemmy were living with their grandmother, who attempted to feed the children on a daily basis but often was not able to.
Betty
Both of Betty’s parents died when she was young. Her mother contracted cerebral malaria, and her father died in a car accident.
Thandiwe
After her mother's death, Thandiwe was sent to live with her great grandmother.
Clarisse
Clarisse's elderly grandmother cared for her since her birth.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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