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Teeweh
Teeweh
Teeweh and his older sister Adele arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012 after their mother died and their father gave them up. Teewah hopes to be a soccer player when he grows up, and he likes to practice drawing famous soccer players after school in his free time. His favorite subject is science. Teewah's favorite hymn is "Take My Life and Let It Be" because it reminds him that his life is meant for God.
DOB: Sep 3, 2007
Sarah
Sarah was born prematurely in a private clinic in March 2005. Her mother disappeared soon after she took Sarah to the hospital, and her father...
Gabriel
After Gabriel's father died in 2006, his ailing mother contacted social welfare services to intervene in her son's life.
Gideon
Gideon's parents were killed in 2010 when mudslides buried their village and the families living there.
Elizabeth
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Grace
Grace's parents are both deceased. As an infant, she was in the care of an aunt who soon was unable to care for her properly.
Patricia
Patricia's early life was filled with tragedy; she never knew either of her parents.
Gladys
Gladys is a double orphan. Her mother died in 2006, and her father died in 2007.
Elube
Elube’s parents died when she was a young child.
Rachel
Rachel was orphaned when she was just three months old and was then taken in by her grandparents.
Biruk
Biruk was eighteen months old when his mother died. He then moved in with his aunt.
Janet
Janet is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Jeremiah
Before Jeremiah arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011, he lived at a children's home in Moshi for four years with no known family.
Uwase
Uwase’s parents died in 2010.
Rahab
Rahab’s mother was unable to care for her and her father remains unknown.
Kenny
Kenny mother died of an illness when he was a young child, and his father remains unknown.
Dorcas
Dorcas was abandoned by both her parents at birth.
Erica
Erica and her sister, Priscilla, are double orphans. After the death of their parents, they lived with their impoverished, widowed grandmother....
Juliet Babirye
Juliet and her twin brother Kato were brought to a babies' home as young children after they were abandoned by their mother and father.
Moses
Moses’s parents both died within a year of each other, leaving him orphaned as an infant.
Nehemiah
Both Nehemiah’s mother and father are deceased.
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.
Reuben
Reuben’s mother died in 2007, and his father is unknown.
Abel
Abel was found abandoned as a baby.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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