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Tizeta
Tizeta's was abandoned by her mother, and her father is unknown. She lived with her grandparents before arriving at Rafiki in 2010. Her grandparents were elderly and unemployed, and they sought help from social services. They referred the family to the Rafiki Foundation. Tizeta then arrived at her new home at the Rafiki Village in Ethiopia where she now enjoys living and learning with others. She says, "I am growing in understanding God's word. I thank God that He has helped me grow into a young woman who strives to be respectful. God has given me a heart to make peace with others and to be a peace maker as much as possible."
DOB: Oct 14, 2004
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Memory’s mother died four days after her birth.
Rabecca
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Moses
Moses is a sweet boy with lots of personality. He is happy in his new home at the Rafiki Village in Rwanda. He was only a year old when both of his...
Joseph Owen
Owen and his three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare. Their father died...
Elizabeth
Elizabeth’s father died in 2005, and her mother died soon after in 2007.
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...
Joseph
Joseph was abandoned by both of his parents at birth and was being cared for by a state-run orphanage just outside of Jos, Nigeria. At age three,...
Jane Kacyeye
Jane’s parents were living in Uganda when they died from a terminal illness. A Good Samaritan helped Jane and her sister, Deobrah’s, elderly...
Mirriam
Mirriam’s father died in 2003 and her mother died two years later. Three-year-old Mirriam then went to live with an aunt. The aunt was also caring...
Mwawi
Mwawi's mother died two weeks after delivering him and his twin brother.
Meklit
Before arriving at the village, Meklit's grandmother cared for her. The whereabouts of her mother and father remain unknown. Her grandmother sold...
Neema
After the death of her mother and father Neema lived with her elderly grandmother and adult sister. She was neglected due to the great need in the...
Jamesetta
Jamesetta, her sister, Amelia, and her brother, Jimmy, arrived at the Rafiki Village in 2012.
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...
Frank
After the death of his parents, Frank's grandmother took care of him and his brother James. Because of poor health she was afraid that she would...
Andrew
Andrew arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui, Kenya in 2000.
Jane
Before coming to Rafiki, Jane lived with her mother who was epileptic and mentally unstable.
Eves
After the death of both of her parents, Eves was left in the care of an impoverished aunt who could not properly feed her.
Sarai
Sarai was taken in by her grandmother after the death of her father and mother.
Biruk
Biruk’s mother was very young when she gave birth to him. She worked as a housekeeper and abandoned her son, giving him to her employers. The...
Chukwudi
Chukwudi is a double orphan, having lost his father in 2005 and his mother in 2008. His great-grandmother cared for him after the death of his...
Patrick
Patrick’s mother died shortly after he was born, and his father was mentally ill and unable to care for him.
Rebecca
Rebecca’s aunt cared for her after the death of her parents.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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