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Mary
Mary and her brother Emmanuel were born to a mother who is mentally ill and a father who has abandoned them. For the first three years of Mary’s life, she was on the streets with her mother who carried her on her back. Social welfare urged Rafiki to take both of the children because their mother was not fit to care for them. She and her brother arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2002. Mary enjoys the Rafiki Bible study at school as well as family devotions each morning and evening.
DOB: Jun 13, 1997
Kilonzi
Kilonzi came to the Rafiki Foundation from the Kitui Baby Home in Nairobi, Kenya where he had been since February 5, 2005. His elderly grandparent...
Mavis
Mavis and her twin brother and sister, were orphaned when both of their parents died of illnesses. Their uncle had no alternative but to add these...
Irene
Irene and her sister were abandoned by their parents. The girls were living on their own in a mud hut for many months. The neighbors gave them food...
Gladys
Gladys is a double orphan. Her mother died in 2006 and her father in 2007. Her aunt was caring for her as well as four other people in a small...
Leah
Leah was abandoned as a baby and her parents are unknown. She was in a babies’ home in Kitui for over two years, and no one came to visit her. She...
Segen
Segen's mother was very young when she gave birth to her. She abandoned Segen and gave her to her grandmother at the time of her birth. Her...
Gabriel
Gabriel's father abandoned the family and his mother did not recover from the C-section she had when he was born. Since that time he lived with...
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old and his father is unknown. Emanuel moved in with his grandmother but she died in 2011. This...
Claude
Claude’s father died before Claude was born and his mother died in the hospital giving birth to him. At that time, Claude’s aunt, Uwimana Donatha,...
Vivian
Both of Vivian's parents died in 2005. She briefly lived with a maternal uncle but he was unable to care properly for Vivian. She came to live at...
Boaz
Boaz and his mother lived with his uncle when he was a small child because she could not care for him by her herself. However, his uncle had many...
Hope
Hope was brought to the attention of Rafiki by a ministry in Mbale, Uganda. Hope’s father died HIV+ and his mother was also living HIV+ and was...
Paul
Paul was brought to a local children’s home in 1999 by a neighboring pastor. Details on how he was abandoned are not known. Paul arrived at his new...
Christina
Christina and her two sisters were orphaned as small children and were living with their grandmother. Though their aging grandmother tried to...
Mary
Mary and her sister, Rachael, were orphaned in 2009 when their parents were killed in a car accident. Their caregivers had a meager income and...
Naitoti
Naitoti, Nasha, and their cousin, Furaha, were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers. They are from the Maasai...
Martha
Martha and her sisters lived with their aunt and her family since the death of their parents. The aunt was a farmer, unable to feed her own two...
Molly
Molly was abandoned at the age of eight months and brought to a local police station in September 2003. She was then sent to a babies' home for...
Edwin
Edwin’s father abandoned to his uncle, a farmer who grows cassava and keeps pigs and a goat. The environment was not conducive for Edwin to grow...
Sarah
Sarah was referred to Rafiki by Katherine Hines ministries, a local ministry in Kampla. Sarah's father is deceased, and her mother gave her and her...
Betty
Both of Betty’s parents died when she was young. Her mother contracted cerebral malaria and her father was in a fatal car accident. She then moved...
Elijah
Elijah was referred to Rafiki by an orphanage four hours away from the Village. He came to Rafiki Village Kenya in October 2004. Elijah has a...
Joanna
Joanna’s parents died during the religious riots that occurred in Jos in 2001. She and younger brother came to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria in...
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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