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Tumsifu
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent the first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania. The orphanage contacted the Rafiki Foundation about long-term care. Tumsifu arrived at the Rafiki Village in Tanzania in 2011. Tumsifu is now a very bright young man. He is sharp, loves to joke with others, and a fun person to be around. Tumsifu's name means "praise" in Swahili, and he is appropriately named! He enjoys giving praise to God. He is continually thankful to be at Rafiki, where he receives a good education and learns about God.
DOB: May 5, 2006
Adella
After the death of her parents, Adella lived with her single aunt.
Gelane
Gelane’s parents died two years apart from one another.
Eliya
After Eliya’s parents died, he was placed in the care of his aunt.
Dorine
Dorine and her twin sister, Irene, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother after they were abandoned by their parents.
Moses
Moses was left as an orphan after his mother was killed in a traffic accident. His father remains unknown.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister Phiona arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2005.
Negassa
Negassa's mother died in 2008, and his father abandoned him soon after her death.
Abiba
Abiba Ruth's father abandoned her, and her mother is terminally ill.
Ethel
Both Ethel's parents died within two years of each other.
Sandra
Sandra and her twin brother, Isaac, moved to the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2011.
Sean
Sean’s mother abandoned him after his father was put in prison.
Richard
Richard’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Diane
Diane’s father was never known. When her mother died in 2006, Diane went to live with her aunt.
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents.
Innocent
Both of Innocent's parents are deceased. Soon after his mother's death, Innocent was diagnosed with tuberculosis and began treatment.
Esther
When Esther’s parents passed away, she was placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Mercy
Mercy is a double orphan. She and and her sister Elikana were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let...
Maria
Maria’s mother died giving birth to her, and her father died in a car accident in 2008.
Ezekiel
Both Ezekiel's parents died within two years of each other, and Ezekiel was left to be raised by his grandmother.
Gifty
Gifty arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in June of 2009.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth's mother died shortly after giving birth to her, and her father disappeared after her mother's death.
Emmanuel
When Emmanuel was six months old, his mother took him to visit her cousin.
Abigail
Abigail was originally part of the second group of triplets to arrive at the Rafiki Village Ghana.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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