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Mwawi
Mwawi's mother had a C-section to deliver Mwawi and his twin brother. She died of post-partum hemorrhage two weeks after delivery, and Mwawi's twin brother died of unknown causes a few weeks after they were admitted to a crisis nursery in Mzuzu. Social Welfare contacted the Rafiki Foundation to care for Mwawi. He arrived at the Rafiki Village on February 17, 2015 and happily settled into his new home. Mwawi is an energetic and enthusiastic student who is often the first to raise his hand and respond with the right answer. He is able to write his name, read many sight words, and skip count to 100 by 5's. His teacher says that he is a good student.
DOB: Jun 19, 2013
Christabel
Both of Christabel’s parents died of AIDs and the uncle caring for her had similar health issues. Christable and her brother Jehosephat need a...
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown. Before arriving at Rafiki, Nancy was living with her seventy one-year-old grand mother. Nancy was...
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...
Zelalem
Zelalem and her twin brother Malesse were orphaned when they were only a year old. Their mother became pregnant while working at a hotel, and their...
Donatha
Donatha’s life has been difficult from the very beginning. Because Donatha's mother died when she was young, and her father abandoned her shortly...
Nicholas
Nicholas's mother left him with his grandmother when he was three months old. His grandmother took him to a local babies' home. They tried to...
Moses
Moses is a sweet boy with lots of personality. He is happy in his new home at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda. He was only a year old when both of his...
Andrew
Andrew is a double orphan. He was living with his aunt whose only survived off charity from relatives. Andrew was approved by Social Welfare and...
Lonnie
Before coming to the village she was called “Lonely” because both of her parents were deceased. Rafiki renamed her Lonnie. Her grandmother was...
Abel
Abel's mother died when he was one year old. His father remains unknown. His grandmother cared for him after his mother's death. She was elderly,...
Ellen
Ellen’s family was transporting their products to market when they were involved in a car accident. Ellen was the only one to survive the accident....
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...
Dorcas
Before coming to Rafiki in 2003, Dorcas was abandoned by both parents at birth. She lived in a state run orphanage until the age of three when she...
Rachael
Rachael and her sister, Mary, were orphaned in 2009 when their parents were killed in a car accident. Their caregivers had a meager income and...
Denis
After Denis's mother's death, he was sent to the Nest, an organization funded by Catholic ministries, until arriving at the Rafiki Village in 2006....
Wongani
Wongani is a dear little boy who lost both his parents by the age of two. He was in the care of a fifty-five-year-old widow who was also caring...
Malesse
Malesse and his twin sister Zalalem were orphaned when they were only a year old. Their mother became pregnant while working at a hotel, and their...
Timothy
Timothy was abandoned at a church. The police were called and they did a sweep of the neighborhood with the child asking if anyone knew who he was....
Blessing
Blessing’s father died in a motor accident before she was born. Her mother died three weeks after her birth. She was living with her aunt who had...
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...
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry in Kampala, Uganda. Her parents died in 2008, and she was put in the care of an...
Claire
Not much is known about Claire's background or family. Her mother is in prison and from the time her mother was incarcerated, no family member has...
Blessing
Blessing was abandoned by her mother and her father is unknown. A pastor brought her to the Social Welfare Office in Lusaka. Blessing was approved...
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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