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Umu Blessing
Umu Blessing
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
Elijah
Elijah was referred to Rafiki by an orphanage four hours away from the Village.
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.
Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown.
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
Joseph
Joseph and his twin brother Josiah arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui in May 2000.
Ariet
Ariet and her little brother Frankson were orphaned when their mother died in 2009.
Rahab
Rahab’s mother was unable to care for her and her father remains unknown.
Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Diana
Diana was placed in the care of her young uncle after her mother died.
Clifford
Clifford and his brother, Namukolo, were living with their parents in the Kanakantappa Village when their mother died in 2010.
Rose
Rose was brought to a children's home in Moshi, Tanzania in 2008 by a pastor from a local church after she was abandoned by her mother.
Mapalo
Mapalo’s grandmother was caring for ten of her grandchildren as well as four of her own children.
Jummai
Both Jummai's parents died within two years of each other, and Jummai and her brother Ezekiel were left to be raised by her grandmother.
George
George was abandoned as a baby and taken to a local orphanage.
Noah
Noah’s mother died a few days after giving birth to him. He was then placed in the care of his maternal grandmother.
Abigail
Abigail was originally part of the second group of triplets to arrive at the Rafiki Village Ghana.
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel and his sister, Mary, were born to a mentally-ill mother who lacked the mental and physical faculties to care for them, and their father...
Beatrice
Beatrice was left in the care of her aunt after her parents died in 2006. They lived in a two-room house with nine other relatives.
Moses
Moses was only a year old when both of his parents died of an illness.
Timothy
Timothy’s father died in 2002 of whooping cough, and his mother died several months later after a brief period of illness.
Gladys
Gladys is a double orphan. Her mother died in 2006, and her father died in 2007.
Scolastika
Scolastika and her sister Furahini lived with their grandmother after their father died and their mother disappeared.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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