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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
Jacob
Jacob’s father died after a brief illness when Jacob was nine months old. His relatives were very poor and his two older siblings were not able to...
Frank
Frank lost his father first, and his mother passed away in 2005, shortly after his birth. When he was referred to social welfare, he was being...
Kwame
Kwame’s grandfather cared for him after the death of his parents in 2010. His grandfather is elderly and did not have the means to care for Kwame....
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...
Nicole
Rafiki was contacted by the social welfare department for a permanent home for Nicole since her mother was unfit to care for her and her father was...
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was six months old, his mother came with him to visit her cousin. After two days she left without telling anyone, abandoning...
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents. Social services decided to remove her from her home and...
Sean
Sean’s mother abandoned him after his father was put in prison. He lived with his elderly and impoverished grandfather for a while until his father...
Diane
Diane’s father was never known. When her mother died in 2006, Diane went to live with her aunt. The responsibility of caring for Diane and her...
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...
Eva
Eva and her brother Lemmy were living with their grandmother, who attempted to feed the children on a daily basis but often was not able. Often the...
Abraham
Abraham's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother Wesen eighteen months later. The boys' older sister brought them to...
Patrick
After Patrick’s mother and father died he went to live with his uncle. This uncle had the responsibility of taking care of eleven children. He...
Abel
When Abel's mother was killed in a car accident, an elderly neighbor brought Abel to her home. Abel's mother had asked her if she would care for...
Deborah
Deborah’s parents were living in Uganda when they died from an illness. A Good Samaritan helped Deborah and Jane’s elderly grandmother bring the...
Olivia
Olivia and her twin sister Gloria were given over to their uncle after their father died. Her uncle had sixteen children of his own and three other...
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental health problems and could not properly care for her him. The local community looked out for him for the first four...
Erick
Erick had been living with his uncle who had been caring for his own six children. There was not adequate funds for him to care for his own family,...
Bulus
Bulus and his brother Mika had been in the care of their elderly grandparents since the death of their parents. The grandparents struggled to...
Esther
Esther's father died in 2004 and her mother died a year and a half later. Esther was living with an aunt whose husband also died. This aunt was...
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....
Wesen
Wesen's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother Abraham eighteen months later. The boys' older sister brought them to...
Furaha
Furaha and her two cousins were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers. They are from the Maasai tribe and lived...
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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