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Paulina
Paulina’s father died before she was born. Her mother in 2003. Neither her grandmother nor her uncle were able to care for her and therefore social welfare and the extended family determined it was best for Paulina to come to the Rafiki Village Nigeria. She has been living at the Village since 2004. Paulina is an average student who is struggling in many of her subjects. Learning does not come easy for her. She excels in computer and biology. She says education is important because it helps her to be more aware of the community and society where she lives. She wants to help make positive contributions to her country. Her upbringing at Rafiki will be valuable to her in achieving that goal.
DOB: Aug 25, 1998
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Sharon's mother is deceased and her father is unknown.
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Akua
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Elizabeth
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Augustine
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Rhoda
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Clifford
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Anjela
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Winston
Both of Winston’s parents are dead. Winston came to live with his elderly grandmother in the Buchanan area. She is very poor and has struggled to...
Peter
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Isaka
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Aneth
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Sarah
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Mary
Mary is a double orphan who was placed in the care of her uncle and his family after the death of her parents.
Clinton
After the death of their parents, Clinton and his sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2009.
Linda
Linda's parents died in 2004. She was living with her paternal grandmother and a paternal uncle, as well as older teenaged siblings and an older...
Sibongile
Sibongile’s mother was impoverished and unable to care for her or her sister Siphwe.
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years at an orphanage in Tanzania. They contacted the Rafiki Foundation about long term...
Gideon
Gideon and his younger twin brothers were left as orphans when their father died in 2009 and their mother died of typhoid fever in 2010.
Anna
Anna was left on a porch in Monrovia, Liberia when she was eighteen months old.
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.
Jonathan
John’s mother died in 2003 in a drowning accident and his father died later that same year. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2005.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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