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Mary
Mary was referred to Rafiki by an orphanage about four hours away from the Rafiki Village Kenya. She came to Rafiki in October 2004. Mary likes her studies and also participates in extra-curricular activities. She is cooperative, always anxious to please, and seems eager to improve herself.
DOB: Jan 26, 2002
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Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other – one in 2002 the other in 2004. She was an orphan before she was three years old. She was...
Dan
Both of Dan's parents are deceased and Dan was put in the care of an elderly and impoverished uncle. The social welfare office requested help for...
Fred
An elderly woman was the guardian of Fred and his two brothers. The fathers of the boys are unknown and the mother was unable to care for them....
Olivier
Both of Olivier’s parents died—his father before he was born and his mother year after his birth. Olivier’s aunt cared for his mother until her...
Beniyam
Beniyam was born in Mojo. His mother died when he was three years old, and his father abandoned him, giving him to his maternal grandparents.
Brenda
Brenda's mother is deceased and her father is in prison. Her and her sister Beli have an uncle who was not able to care for them. The girls were...
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her. Without a relative to raise...
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him since the death of his parents. She lived in a wooden shack and did not have the resources to send Romeo to...
Keza
Keza was brought to her elderly grandmother in 2009 after both parents died of sickness. Her grandmother is already taking care of six other...
Clarisse
An elderly grandmother has cared for Clarisse since she was born. The grandmother sustained injuries in the genocide which left her with physical...
Clifford
Clifford and his brother, Namukolo, were living with their parents in the Kanakantappa Village when their mother died in 2010. The father abandoned...
Judith
Judith's parents were killed in tribal clashes in 2002. She and her brother Josiah came to the Village in 2004.
Serge Bebito
The mother and father of Bebito have both died and the sister of the mother has been caring for him and his sister, Mufasha. However, she is...
Francine
When Francine was a small baby, her mother took her to Francine’s grandmother’s home and then disappeared. No one has been able to find her since...
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...
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...
Memory
The social worker for Rafiki Foundation of Malawi found Memory in the care of a 65 year-old widow who lived in a village subsidized by the...
Joseph
Joseph's mother was disabled, and they were internally displaced as a result of the 2007-post-presidential elections violence. Joseph's...
Hannah
Both of Hannah's parents are deceased. Her father passed away two years after she was born and her mother died a year later. She has a younger...
Jeremiah
Before Jeremiah arrived in 2011 at the Rafiki Village Tanzania he lived at a children's home in Moshi four years with no known family. Jeremiah is...
Tapiwa
Tapiwa and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism. After the death of their parents in 2010...
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...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born and his father was unable to care for him. Baby Emmanuel was first placed in a short term orphan...
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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