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Robel
Robel
Robel and his sister, Etsub, lived with their mother until she became terminally ill with liver disease. Their mother was familiar with Rafiki and expressed her desire for the children to be placed at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia after she died. Robel and Etsub arrived at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia in 2014. Robel now continues to grow spiritually. He enjoys singing hymns during family devotions. Robel is attentive to Bible-reading during devotions, and he memorizes the Scripture verses easily. He prays to be an obedient student and to listen to the wise counsel he receives at the Village.
DOB: Mar 20, 2009
Diana
Diana was placed in the care of her young uncle after her mother died.
Esther
Esther and her sister, Celestina, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Charles
Timothy was orphaned as an infant and brought to a babies' home in Kitui in 1997.
Alick
Alick is a double orphan. He lived with his grandparents after the death of his mother in 2007.
Khumbo
Khumbo's mother died in 2007 when he was two years old, and his father’s whereabouts remain unknown.
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever.
Mary
After the death of her parents, Mary and her sisters lived with their aunt.
Queen
Queen’s mother died in 2007 and her father, unable to care for her, abandoned her.
Elizabeth
After Elizabeth’s mother died in July of 2005, her children came to live with their maternal aunt who worked as a mother’s assistant at the Rafiki...
Teeweh
Teeweh and his older sister Adele arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012 after their mother died and their father gave them up.
Sarah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Gabriel
After Gabriel's father died in 2006, his ailing mother contacted social welfare services to intervene in her son's life.
Boniface
Boniface is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Leonard, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Isaac
Isaac was brought to the Rafiki Village in 2011.
Mitchiel
Mitchiel was brought to the Nairobi Children’s Home in May 2001 by the local police after her mentally ill mother was placed in a psychiatric...
Flavia
Flavia and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Mphatso
Mphatso's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father remains unknown.
Tabitha
Tabitha was abandoned as a child, and none of her family members were able to care for her.
Leonard
Leonard is a double orphan. He and his twin brother, Boniface, lived with extended relatives for a time before arriving at Rafiki.
Rich
Rich’s mother died in 2011, and his father abandoned him.
Witness
Witness lived most of her early life in an orphanage.
Henry
Henry's mother died while giving birth to him, and his father died soon after his mother.
Jeremiah
At two months of age, Jeremiah was abandoned at a local hospital.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.