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Neema
Neema was on the waiting list to come to the Rafiki Village in Tanzania for some time but she finally arrived in 2011. Her mother died giving birth to her and the father abandoned her. Neema is a bright student who loves school. She is a good reader and comprehends what she reads. Neema is always cooperative at home and at school and shows respect for others. Neema made nearly all A's and B's this past term. Neema has high goals for her education, and she is totally capable of meeting them in the future.
DOB: Apr 23, 2005
Caroline
The parents of Caroline died within one year of each other before she turned three years old. She lived with her aunt who was barely able to feed...
Sarai
Sarai was taken in by her grandmother when her mother and father died. However, her grandmother was caring for four other grandchildren and was...
Wilson
Wilson’s mother and father died and left him and his sister in the care of an uncle. He cared for them since the time that they were small...
Rabecca
Rabecca is a double orphan. She lived with her aunt and grandmother most of her life. They were not able to take care of Rabecca and she was placed...
Praise
Praise was living at a baby’s home before arriving at Rafiki Village Malawi in October 2014. His mother died shortly after he was born and his...
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...
Joseph
Joseph and his twin brother Josiah arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui in May 2000. Their mother is deceased, and there is no record of...
Daniel
Daniel and his brother were orphaned after their parents died. The parents had moved to a village about a year before their deaths. A concerned...
Teeweh
Due to the difficult home situation for Teeweh and his older sister, Adele, the Rafiki Foundation welcomed them into the Rafiki family. Teeweh’s...
Gideon
Gideon and his younger twin brothers were left as orphans when their mother died of typhoid fever in January 2010. Their father had died in 2009....
Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother went to live with their grandparents. The grandmother found it very difficult to...
Anna
After Anna’s mother died in July of 2005, all of the children came to live with their maternal aunt who was a mother’s assistant at Rafiki. The...
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...
Elizabeth
Elizabeth’s father died in 2005, and her mother died in 2007. She had seven siblings that were divided among various relatives. Elizabeth has been...
Kalkidan
Kalkidan was abandoned at a very young age, so his elderly grandparents cared for him. Because of their limited resources, his grandparents were...
Denis
After the death of their father, Denis and his brother Charles went to live with their aunt. They lived in a small room that was only about twenty...
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...
Yeabsira
Not much is known about Yeabsira’s life before he arrived at the Rafiki Village in Ethiopia. He and his brother were abandoned by their dying...
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...
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her. Without a relative to raise...
Gift
Gift was abandoned by his parents and lived with his grandmother. When a home visit was done by the social worker it was discovered that he was not...
Bernice
Since the death of their parents, Bernice and her two sisters were in the care of an aunt. heir aunt had three children of her own and doubling the...
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...
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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