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Odel
Odel was in the care of an aunt after her parents abandoned her. Though she tried, her aunt struggled to care for Odel and asked the Rafiki Foundation for help. Odel arrived at the Rafiki Village Liberia in 2010. She soon began to blossom under the loving care of her Rafiki Mother. Odel enjoys studying mathematics because she likes to learn about numbers and to solve problems. She hopes to be a teacher when she grows up. She loves Jesus because He loved her first and died for her sins.
DOB: May 14, 2008
Tabitha
Tabitha was left in the care of her elderly grandparents after her mother died.
Akua
In 2007, Akua’s mother and father both died of illness a few months apart.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was unable to care for him and abandoned him.
Violet
After Violet’s parents died, her elderly grandfather enlisted her for household help with chores, cooking, and carrying firewood.
Mary
Mary and her brother, Emmanuel, were born to a mother who is mentally ill, and their father abandoned them.
Paul
Paul had no one to care for him after the death of his father in 2006.
Lonnie
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, Lonnie was called “Lonely” because both of her parents were deceased.
Beniyam
Beniyam was born in Mojo. His mother died when he was three years old, and his father abandoned him, giving him to his maternal grandparents.
Amelia
Amelia and her sister, Jamesetta, and brother, Jimmy, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Blessing
Blessing’s father died in a motor accident before she was born, and her mother died three weeks after her birth.
Ishmael
Ishmael’s mother moved away to be married and start a new family, so she abandoned him and left him in the care of his elderly grandmother.
Enoch
Enoch’s father died in 2008, and his mother died the following year.
Paul
Both of Paul's parents died when he was four years old, and he was then placed in the care of his impoverished grandmother.
Fiskani
Fiskani’s mother is deceased and his father abandoned him.
Dativa
Dativa’s mother died of AIDs, and her father is unknown to the family.
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
Mwawi
Mwawi's mother died two weeks after delivering him and his twin brother.
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was six months old, his mother took him to visit her cousin.
Namukolo
Namukolo and his brother, Clifford, lived with his parents in a small rural village before their mother died in 2010. The father abandoned them and...
Shadreck
After the death of his parents, Shadreck was in the care of an impoverished widow could not properly feed him.
Clinton
After the death of their parents, Clinton and his sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009.
John
John’s mother abandoned him, and his father remains unknown.
Mary
Mary lived in the A. I. Children's Home in Kitui before coming to Rafiki.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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