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Umu
Blessing lived with her aunt for about two years after her father died and her mother disappeared. Blessing suffered from severe malnutrition, and she weighed only 12 pounds at age three. When Social Welfare discovered her fragile condition, they admitted her to the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center. Shortly after her hospital stay, Blessing was taken to the Rafiki Village Tanzania. She arrived in 2013. Blessing continues to be a sweet, loving young lady. She loves Jesus and enjoys singing praises to Him. She often prays for those around her and continues to grow in her knowledge of the Lord.
DOB: Jul 7, 2010
Thomas
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Emmanuel
Emmanuel’s mother died in 2005, and his father died in 2006.
Damaris
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Michelle
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Rosemary
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Joe
Joe was placed in the care of an uncle after his mother and father died in 2010.
Awumbe
Awumbe and his brother and sister, Atimbil and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Witness
Witness lived most of her early life in an orphanage.
Hannah
Hannah’s mother abandoned her shortly after she was born.
Aquila
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Eve
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Estery
Both of Estery's (Esther) parents passed away from an illness when she was a young child.
Frank
Frank's mother is deceased, and his father is in prison. After his father was imprisoned, Frank was left in the care of an elderly widowed neighbor.
Furaha
Furaha and her two cousins were cared for by their elderly grandmother after the death of their fathers.
John
John arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 after both of his parents died.
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
Reuben
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Cilicia
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Elijah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Ben
Ben’s mother died in November 2006, and his father sometime before that.
Elizabeth
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Abigail
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Jennifer
Jennifer's parents passed away in 2004. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in March 2007.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.