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Mary
Mary lived in the A. I. Children's Home in Kitui before coming to Rafiki. Her parents are unknown, and no other relatives could care for her. She arrived at her new home at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2004. Mary is thoroughly enjoying her Food and Beverage Production certificate course work at Nairobi Institute of Business Studies. It is an 18-month course. If she does well, she can continue with a diploma program. She lives on campus in a very small room for 8 girls, but she has adapted. She enjoys going to the chapel there and has even played her flute for worship! She is also part of the Christian Union.
DOB: Jan 15, 2000
Ruth
Ruth’s mother brought her to the nursery of a hospital for an exam and then abandoned her there. Ruth was initially named “Nursery” by the staff....
Ruth
Ruth was placed in the care of her elderly grandparents after her own parents died. Her grandparents had the responsibility of caring for many...
George
When George’s mother and father died he was placed in the care of his sixteen-year-old aunt. She cared for George for two years and struggled to...
Juliet
Both of Juliet’s parents died when she was about two years old and she was living with her impoverished grandmother. Social welfare was concerned...
Dalitso
Dalitso and his twin sister Blessing, had moved four times since their mother died when they were babies. They lived at two babies’ homes and then...
Ester
Ester, an only child, was in the care of her grandmother after her parents died of a fatal illness. The grandmother was caring for a total of...
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years at an orphanage in Tanzania. They contacted the Rafiki Foundation about long term...
Kelia
An old woman from a local village brought Kelia to a police station on July 20, 2011, hoping to find someone to care for this baby. The baby was...
Umu Blessing
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance. Umu suffered from severe...
Theresia
Theresia and and her twin sister Aurelia came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer. Theresia...
Isaiah
Isaiah’s grandparents were too old to care for him so he had living with a maternal aunt. She had six of her own children and was unable to care...
Paul
Paul had no one to care for him since the death of his father in 2006. This very poor family, was sustained on the sale of firewood along with...
Abena
Abena and her brother’s mother has been declared mentally unstable and were cared for by their father until he abandoned them to their grandmother....
Bulus
Bulus and his brother Mika had been in the care of their elderly grandparents since the death of their parents. The grandparents struggled to...
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki. At two years old, she was found wandering the streets by a probation officer on January 6,...
Witness
Witness lived most of her life at an orphanage. Her mother died two weeks after she was born and the father is unknown. No one in the family was...
Emmanuel
There are no family members who are able to care for Emmanuel. After an investigation, Social Welfare gave approval for Emmanuel to be placed at...
Pierre
Pierre and his brother were orphaned after their parents died of AIDS. The parents had moved to a village about a year before their deaths. A...
Lillian
Lillian lost both her parents to AIDS. One parent died in 2003 and the other in 2004. She was placed in the care of her impoverished aunt but the...
Jane
Jane and her twin brother Jimmy, were brought to a local police station after their mother died in a local hospital. Eventually, the grandfather...
Elizabeth
Elizabeth comes from a very poor family in Zambia; her mother died shortly after giving birth and the father disappeared after her death. Elizabeth...
James
James’s father died HIV+ and his mother also had HIV. She contacted social services so that James and his sister, Sandra, could have a future and a...
Ibrahim
Ibrahim was quite fearful when he arrived at Rafiki Village Kenya in March of 2004. His background and history made him fearful of change and...
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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