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Nixon
Nixon
Nixon's father died early in his life, and his mother also had a fatal illness. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007. Nixon says that his best subject is math. He would like to be a pilot someday and believes that being good at math will be important in that career. Nixon knows that God loves him and that God brought him to Rafiki to study the Bible and learn about Jesus.
DOB: Nov 2, 2004
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.
Yeabsira
Not much is known about Yeabsira’s life before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia.
Leah
Leah has been an orphan since 2003.
George
After George’s mother and father died, he was placed in the care of his sixteen-year-old aunt.
Mapalo
Mapalo’s is a double orphan; her mother died in 2006, and her father died in 2008.
Vivian
Vivian’s mother was mentally ill, and her father was unknown.
Gloria
Gloria and her twin sister Olivia were abandoned and given to a paternal uncle when their father died.
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died shortly after giving birth to him and his twin brother, James.
Rachel
Rachel’s parents died from a terminal illness.
Peter
Both Peter's mother and father died when he was an infant.
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease.
Alice
Alice was abandoned and given to her grandmother when she was only five months old.
Belis
Belis' mother is deceased and her father is in prison.
Hope
Hope was placed in the care of her aunt and uncle after the death of her parents.
Alex
Both of Alex's parents died of HIV in 2010.
Maria
After both Maria's parents died, she was left in the care of her impoverished grandmother who could not adequately care for her.
Yesunesh
Yesunesh was born in Mojo, Ethiopia. Her father died when she was only a few months old, and her mother abandoned her few months after that.
Sensee
Sensee’s mother died three days after giving birth to her.
Silas
In 2007, Silas’s mother died, and his father abandoned him. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Uchizi
Uchizi and his twin sister had no family to care for them. Their mother died, and their father remains unknown
Lisa
Lisa’s mother died when she was two years old, and her father died two years later.
Brenda
Both of Brenda's parents passed away in 2005 of an illness.
James
James was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a social worker from a group in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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