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Serena
Serena
Serena’s mother died from complications of malaria three months after giving birth to Serena and her twin sister. Her father died in 2008 from an illness. Serena and her sister lived with an aunt but she struggled to provide the needs of the twins and her own children. She appealed to the Rafiki Foundation for help. The girls arrived at their new home in July of 2010. Serena says her favorite Bible story is Jesus feeding the 5,000 where he provided for them when they had next to nothing.
DOB: May 18, 2006
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...
Sophie
A good Samaritan found Sophie abandoned and malnourished. She was taken to the local police station and then referred to a babies' home, where many...
Nancy
Nancy’s mother died, and her father is unknown.
Aida
Aida was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by the Katherine Hines Ministries, a local orphanage in Kampala. She was abandoned by her mother and...
Naitoti
Naitoti, Nasha, and their cousin, Furaha, were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers. They are from the Maasai...
Jeff
Jeff’s father died in 2003 and his mother in 2005. Jeff and his brother Samuel then began living with their nineteen-year-old sister, but she was...
Gertrude
Gertrude (Trudy) was orphaned after her father and mother died within a year of each other.
Beatrice
Beatrice’s parents died of a terminal illness shortly after she was born and was put in the care of her grandmother. The grandmother was a...
Eva
Eva was placed under the care of an uncle when her mother died in 2004. Eva's younger sister died under the care of her uncle and Social Services...
Lonnie
Before arriving at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, Lonnie was called “Lonely” because both of her parents were deceased.
Babirye
Babirye and her three siblings, Nakato her twin, six-year-old Joseph, and one-year-old Flavia, were living in a situation that required immediate...
Noah
Noah’s mother died a few days after giving birth to him. He was then placed in the care of his maternal grandmother.
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...
Lusia
Lusia lived with her aunt after the death of her mother. Her aunt had three children of her own and no husband, so was having a difficult time...
James
James was orphaned after his mother was involved in a fatal road accident in April 2005.
Yamakani
Yamikani lost her father in 2004, and her mother was also dying of an illness at this time.
Frank
Both Frank's parents died shortly after his birth.
Naome
Naomie was living with her mother in Burundi when her mother became ill and died. When a family friend heard that she had died she traveled to...
Leul
Leul and his brother Zerubabel were in their's aunts care prior to coming to the Rafiki Village Ethiopia in September 2012. Their aunt was a widow...
Jonathan
Not much is known about Jonathan’s parents.
Thandiwe
After her mother's death, Thandiwe was sent to live with her great grandmother.
Siphiwe
Siphiwe’s mother died of a fatal illness, and it is believed that her father also died in Zimbabwe.
Albert
After the death of both of his parents, Albert arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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