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Sarai
Sarai was taken in by her grandmother when her mother and father died. However, her grandmother was caring for four other grandchildren and was having difficulty providing for their basic necessities. The Rafiki Foundation was contacted and Sarai has moved into her new home at the Rafiki Village Malawi. Sarai is known as one of the hardest working students in her class. She is very active in discussion and likes to compete against her classmates in Math equation drills. She has improved her Language Arts abilities this term, especially in writing.
DOB: Dec 18, 2005
Centia
Centia’s father died before she was born and her mother died when she was about seven months old. Centia and her siblings were divided among...
Joseph
Both of Joseph’s parents are deceased. He and his sister Abigail came to Rafiki Village Ghana in January 2002. Joseph (or Baba as we call him here...
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. Joshua had...
Malesse
Malesse and his twin sister Zalalem were orphaned when they were only a year old. Their mother became pregnant while working at a hotel, and their...
Olivier
Both of Olivier’s parents died—his father before he was born and his mother year after his birth. Olivier’s aunt cared for his mother until her...
Margaret
Margaret lived with her grandmother after the death of her mother and father in 2006. Her grandmother had little means to provide for her and her...
Isaac
Isaac was abandoned by his mentally ill mother when he was three months old. He was temporarily cared for by an American couple. The couple left...
John
Both of John’s parents died in 2003. John was in the care of his grandmother but she struggled to provide for him and she was unable to send him to...
Patrick
Patrick’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was mentally ill and unable to care for him. Patrick was cared for by a crisis...
Philip
The mother and father of Philip died of an illness within a year of his birth. He was living with his uncle who could not properly care for his...
William
William was brought to a hospital with head injuries in August 2003. He was treated and he recovered, but the police were unable to locate his...
Erick
Erick’s mother died a few hours after he was born due to complications with his delivery. His father is unknown. His grandmother tried to care for...
Jamesetta
Jamesetta and her sister, Amelia, and brother Jimmy, arrived at the Rafiki Village in October of 2012. They are dearly loved by their grandmother...
Florence
Florence has had a difficult life since she was very young. Her father died before she was born and her mother died of an illness when she was only...
Theresa
Theresa was abandoned at seven months old by her mother at a shop in downtown Monrovia. The shop owner took Theresa home. She and her husband had...
Joseph
Joseph is a double orphan. His father died in 2006 of an illness and his mother died a year later. Joseph and his sister, Marie, lived with their...
Jackson
Jackson’s mother and father died of health complications in June of 2013. Jackson and his two older siblings lived on their own until their house...
Yigerem
In 2001, the parents of Yigerem died and his uncle began caring for him. However, he has very little resources and asked Social Welfare for help....
Carolyn
Carolyn was abandoned as a child and was found by a probation officer. She was taken to a reception center. Social welfare did a thorough search...
Jennifer
Both of Jennifer's parents died in 2005. The mother’s relatives brought her to her grandfather but he was unable to care for her. Social Welfare...
Lorine
Lorine was referred to Rafiki Village Kenya by The Nairobi Children's Home. She arrived at the village in 2003. Her greatest strength is her...
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...
Isaac
Isaac’s mother died an hour after Isaac was born. The father, an impoverished farmer with two older children to care for, tried to hand over the...
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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