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Richard
Richard’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006. He then lived with his grandmother, aunt, and brothers, Emmanuel and Shadreck. The boys' aunt sold vegetables to provide for the family, but the children were not being cared for adequately and there was no money available for them to attend school. Social welfare recommended Emmanuel and his brothers be placed in the Rafiki Village Zambia, and they arrived in 2008. Richard enjoys learning about poetry. He understands that his education is not only going to benefit me but also his family, community, and country. Richard is conversational, and he has a quick mind and an enjoyable sense of humor. He is considering a future in business, with electronics and computers.
DOB: Jun 6, 2003
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003. John was then placed in the care of his grandmother, but she struggled to provide for him and was unable to...
Ellen
Ellen’s family was transporting their products to market when they were involved in a car accident. Everyone in the car died, but Ellen survived.
John
John’s father had been deceased for a few years when his mother died in 2007.
Daniel
Daniel’s mother and father died in 2006 when he was an infant. He and his sister Esther arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2009.
Olivier
Both of Olivier’s parents died—his father before he was born and his mother a year after his birth.
Jonah
Jonah’s father died when he was just a year old, and his mother died soon after.
Yigerem
In 2001, Yigerem's parents died and his uncle began caring for him.
Fortuna
Fortuna and her brother Surafel were left in their uncle's care when their mother and father died.
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died when he was nine months old, and his father is unknown.
Hilda
Hilda was abandoned when she was two years old.
Marie Jeanne
Marie Jeanne was brought to her elderly, sickly grandmother when she was a young child after both of her parents died of sickness.
Joshua
Both of Joshua’s parents are deceased. His father died from a brief illness in 2004, and his mother died when Joshua was two years old.
Negassa
Negassa's mother died in 2008, and his father abandoned him soon after her death.
Bertha
Bertha lost both of her parents to an illness.
Rachael
Rachael and her sister Mary were orphaned in 2009 when their parents were killed in a car accident.
Christina
Christina and her two sisters, Peace and Tendo, were orphaned as small children and were living with their grandmother.
Benson Michael
Benson Michael was found at the prison grounds by a woman who took him to the police station on August 28, 2005.
Janvier
Janvier’s father abandoned him and his mother and moved to Tanzania.
Benjamin
Benjamin faced a childhood trauma when his mother was killed in the Liberian Civil War.
Charity
Both Charity's parents were killed during riots in Jos, Nigeria. She came to live at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2003.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Florence
Florence's father died before she was born and her mother died of an illness when she was only three months old.
Jeremiah
Jeremiah was abandoned by both his parents at birth.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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