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Ruth
Ruth’s mother died in September 2002, her father is unknown. After her mother’s death, she lived with her aunts and uncles who were unable to care for her. Ruth came to the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Ruth is now in her second year at Bingham University. She is taking new courses: history of Nigerian film, which may include an excursion; education in broadcasting; health communication; public relations; and others for a total of thirteen courses. She enjoys learning new things about what she wants to be in the future.
DOB: Jul 15, 1998
Micah
Micah was just nine months old when both of his parents were killed by armed robbers. He was in the care of his impoverished uncle who had five...
Thandiwe
In 2008 Thandiwe moved in with her great-grandmother when her own mother died. She was approximately four and a half years old, and became her...
Caleb
Caleb’s mother was in prison and his father is unknown. The grandmother could not care for him and so he was taken to a local baby orphanage. They...
Thomas
Thomas’ grandmother was caring for six children, besides Thomas and his sister. She was very poor. Thomas was suffering from an ear infection,...
Maureen
Maureen's parents died in a road accident in 2004. She and her sister Sharon were placed temporarily at the Mogogosiek Babies Home and then, after...
Simeon
In 2009, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare closed an orphanage due to adoption violations. Thirty-five children were removed from the...
Joseph
Joseph and his twin brother Josiah arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui in May 2000. Their mother is deceased, and there is no record of...
Leah
Leah was abandoned as a baby and her parents are unknown. She was in a babies’ home in Kitui for over two years, and no one came to visit her. She...
Enoch
Enoch’s mother died shortly after childbirth and he was brought to the AIC baby’s home in Mogogosiek in 2002. He came to Rafiki Village Kenya in...
Janet
Janet is a triplet. Her birth siblings are all girls. Janet’s mother died shortly after delivering the triplets. The father was without job and...
Efe
Efe was taken from her mother who had been roaming the streets. Her mother was admitted to a local mental hospital for treatment and Efe was taken...
Janvier
Janvier’s father abandoned him and his mother and moved to Tanzania. Janvier’s mother was sick when her husband left her and so she and Janvier...
Rebecca
Rebecca’s mother died and father were killed and she was left in the care of her struggling aunt and uncle. They wanted to continue to care for her...
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki. At two years old, she was found wandering the streets by a probation officer on January 6,...
Adonay
Adonay's mother tried to abandon him on the street in the Somali Region, but a man from the health station intervened and gave her some money to...
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...
Beauregard
Beauregard’s mother died soon after giving birth to him in November of 2006. His father was killed in 2007. After the death of his father,...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was abandoned at a hospital in Rwanda when he was twelve months old, had malaria, and weighed only eleven pounds. The police have searched...
Enoch
Enoch’s mother worked at Rafiki. Her last request before her death was her hope that Enoch could come to live at Rafiki Village Nigeria. He made...
Ruth
Since the death of their parents, Ruth and her two sisters were in the care of an aunt. Their aunt had three children of her own and doubling the...
Annie
Since the death of her parents, Annie was cared for by an aunt. Her aunt has one child of her own and shares a house with four other people....
Samuel
Samuel was found wandering the streets of his village when he was two-years-old. Samuel was brought to Rafiki Village Kenya in December 2003....
Lisa
Lisa’s mother died when she was two years old and her father two years later. Since then she had lived with her aunt. She and her husband were...
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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