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Mary
Mary is a double orphan who was placed in the care of her uncle and his family after the death of her parents. Her uncle cared for many children and extended family members and struggled to care for them all. He appealed to Rafiki for help. Mary was placed at Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010. Mary is a sweet and happy little girl. She is always smiling and giggling with her sisters in the house. Mary is a vibrant, joyful child that brightens everyone’s day!
DOB: Sep 28, 2007
Faith
Faith’s mother died giving birth to her and her father is unknown. Faith was in the care of her grandmother after the death of her mother. There...
Patrick
After Patrick’s mother and father died he went to live with his uncle. This uncle had the responsibility of taking care of eleven children. He...
Reuben
Reuben’s mother was a commercial sex worker. She gave birth to Reuben in Ibadan. She died in July 2007 after a brief illness, presumably HIV....
Paul
Paul lost both his parents to AIDS at age four. He was placed in the care of his impoverished grandmother but the burden of caring for Paul became...
Beniyam
Beniyam was born in Mojo. His mother died when he was three years old; his father abandoned him, giving him to his maternal grandparents. His...
Beauregard
Beauregard’s mother died soon after giving birth to him in November of 2006. His father was killed in 2007. After the death of his father,...
Agnes
Agnes was abandoned by her family and was referred to the Rafiki Village Uganda at two years of age. She now enjoys the fellowship of other Rafiki...
Sensee
Sensee’s mother died three days after giving birth to her. Her father died in 2008 and since that time she had been living with her uncle. They had...
Ndidi
Ndidi is orphaned having lost her father in 2005 and her mother in 2008. She and her younger brother were living with their great grandmother, an...
Peter
Peter’s grandmother and other relatives have cared for him since the death of his parents. The elderly grandmother struggled to care for Peter. He...
Daniel
Daniel and his sister, Miriam, were placed with their grandfather when their parents died. The grandfather was too burdened with eight other...
Charles
After the death of their father, Charles and his brother Denis went to live with their aunt. They lived in a small room that was only about twenty...
Lilian
Lilian was born a twin but was separated from her brother at birth. Her mother gave her over to an aunt. Lilian's aunt died a few months later, and...
Erick
Erick had been living with his uncle who had been caring for his own six children. There was not adequate funds for him to care for his own family,...
Rena
Rena’s mother died from complications of malaria three months after giving birth to Rena and her twin sister. Her father died in 2008 from an...
David
At eight months old, David was abandoned around midnight in a suburb of Kampala, Uganda. He was taken to a babies' home, and he lived there for a...
Alex
Alex lost both his parents to terminal illnesses in 2003 and 2004. He was placed in the care of his uncle. He was not able to care for Alex, and...
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the war. Since the death of their mother, Miatta and her brother...
Timothy
Timothy was orphaned as an infant and brought to a baby home in Kitui in December 1997. This home cared for 20 to 40 children under the age of six....
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever. Ringabell was sent to live with an aunt. Unable to care for Ringabell,...
Abigail
Abigail is part of the second group of triplets that have come to Rafiki Village Ghana. Social Welfare was unable to locate the father. Because...
Etsub
Etsub and her brother Robel lived with their mother when she became terminally ill with liver disease. Their mother was familiar with Rafiki. She...
Beatrice
Beatrice’s parents died of a terminal illness shortly after she was born and was put in the care of her grandmother. The grandmother was a...
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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