My Name is
Thandiwe
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Thandiwe
After her mother's death, Thandiwe was sent to live with her great grandmother. She then joined her younger brother at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2011 after her grandmother died. The siblings enjoyed a wonderful reunion and Thandiwe benefited from the quality care, nutritious food, and loving environment. Thandiwe enjoys agriculture class, and she is known for working hard in school. She has come to know God through the Rafiki Bible Study. Thandiwe trusts in the Lord, and she prays to please God in word and deed.
DOB: Dec 25, 2004
Samuel
Samuel’s father died in 2003, and his mother died in 2005.
Elijah
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Beatrice
After both Beatrice's parents died, she lived with her grandparents and four brothers and sisters for a time.
Blessing
Blessing was abandoned by her mother, and her father remains unknown.
Dinah
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Ben
Ben’s mother died in November 2006, and his father sometime before that.
Meseret
After both of Meseret’s parents passed away, her aunt gave her to a previous employer for care. Social Welfare was contacted in regard to Meseret’s...
Emily
Before Emily arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, she was in the care of an aunt and uncle who did not have the means to properly feed her.
Ivan
Ivan was abandoned by his mother as a small child. He was then brought to the Nsambya Babies' home.
Umu
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years following her father's death and her mother's disappearance.
Janet
Janet is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Jennifer and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Philemon
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Mary
Both of Mary’s parents were ill. Her father abandoned her mother, and her mother gave her up because she was too sick to care for her.
Memory
Memory’s mother died four days after her birth.
Lemmy
Lemmy and his sister, Eva, were living with their grandmother, who did not have the means to feed them every day, before they came to Rafiki.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
Catherine
Catherine’s mother died in 2005, and her father committed suicide in 2008.
Jonathan
John’s mother died in 2003 in a drowning accident, and his father died later that same year. He arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2005.
John
John has charm and charisma; he is a happy boy and has a quick smile in spite of his difficult start in life.
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
Karen
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Dinah
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Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.