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Mathew
Mathew
Ruki
Ruki and her older sister were abandoned by their parents at a young age. The two girls were living on their own in a mud hut for many months.
Moses
Moses and his twin sister were abandoned at a shopping center, found by strangers, and taken to a local district hospital.
Kalkidan
Kalkidan was abandoned at a very young age, so his elderly grandparents cared for him.
Tracy
Both Tracy's (Tamar’s) parents died of illness in 2002.
James
James was orphaned after his mother was involved in a fatal road accident in April 2005.
Memory
Memory and her twin brother, Uchizi, had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown.
Albert
After the death of both of his parents, Albert arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Faustin
Faustin arrived at the Rafiki Village Rwanda in 2010.
Sharon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Micah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jonah
Jonah’s father died when he was just a year old, and his mother died soon after.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister Phiona arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2005.
Lemmy
Lemmy and his sister, Eva, were living with their grandmother, who did not have the means to feed them every day, before they came to Rafiki.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s mother died when he was eighteen months old, and his father is unknown.
Phoebe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Prince
Prince and his two brothers were abandoned by their mother while they were still young children.
Ezekiel
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Florence
Florence was referred to the Rafiki Village Malawi by social services on behalf of her dying mother.
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jimmy
Jimmy and his two sisters, Jamesetta and Amelia, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Benjamin
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
Philemon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.