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Victoria
Vicky was abandoned by both her parents at birth and brought to the state run orphanage in Jos, Nigeria. When she was screened for the Rafiki Village Nigeria she was sixteen months old and weighed only thirteen pounds and could not walk. Vicky was severely malnourished and in need of emergency care. She arrived at the Rafiki village in Nigeria in June of 2003 and within three months had gained weight, her coloring had changed and she could stand. Today Victory is in the 10th grade! Victory is a fairly good student who excels in art and civics.
DOB: Jan 18, 2002
David
At eight months old, David was abandoned around midnight in a suburb of Kampala, Uganda. He was taken to a babies' home, and he lived there for a...
Pererat
Pererat’s mother died after his birth. His father disappeared after the Jos riots in 2008. An aunt was caring for Pererat after the death of his...
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental health problems and could not properly care for her him. The local community looked out for him for the first four...
Dalitso
Dalitso and his twin sister Blessing, had moved four times since their mother died when they were babies. They lived at two babies’ homes and then...
Hellen
Helen was found lost and crying in the streets in October 2003. She was brought to juvenile court and placed at a children’s home in Nairobi that...
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness. He and his mother were barely surviving on food grown in their small...
Violet
When Violet’s mother died, her elderly grandfather enlisted her for household help with chores, cooking, and carrying firewood. Violet was in need...
Anne
Anne’s mother is physically handicapped and depends entirely on her mother for her care. Anne’s grandmother was caring for Anne, her brother, and...
Kevin
Kevin was found in the central district of Nairobi by the local police in December 2001. He was brought to a children’s home to wait while the...
Flavia
Flavia and two siblings were given to an elderly paternal aunt at the burial of their father in February 2008. Her father died of a sickness and...
Caroline
The parents of Caroline died within one year of each other before she turned three years old. She lived with her aunt who was barely able to feed...
Livingstone
Both of Livingstone's parents are deceased. He lived for a while with his grandfather. His grandfather was blind and unable to care for him, so he...
James
James was orphaned after his mother was involved in a fatal road accident in April 2005. His father is unknown. This left James under the care of...
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry. Her mother was twenty-two years old and gave Mercy to her great grandmother, who...
Kofi Sefa
Kofi’s mother is mentally unstable. While they were living in a mother’s hostel she was reported to have hallucinations and become violent. Social...
Pierre
Pierre and his brother were orphaned after their parents died of AIDS. The parents had moved to a village about a year before their deaths. A...
Nahom
Nahom’s mother died when he was just nine months old. His father died when he was twenty months old. His grandmother then cared for him after his...
Watson
Watson is an adorably petite boy who came to us with his older brother Benjamin. The two lost their parents a few years earlier and were in the...
Juliet
Both of Juliet’s parents died when she was about two years old and she was living with her impoverished grandmother. Social welfare was concerned...
Sharon
When Sharon was barely a toddler, her parents died in a fatal accident. Her and her sister Maureen were sent to an orphanage. After a year Sharon...
Mitchiel
Mitchiel was brought to the Nairobi Children’s Home in May 2001 by the local police after her mentally ill mother was placed in a psychiatric...
Patricia
Patricia was deemed in need by the Social Welfare Office in Malawi and asked the Rafiki Foundation for help. Patricia's mother died and because of...
Surafel
Surafel and his sister, Fortuna, where left in the care of an uncle when their mother and father died. Their uncle struggled to care for the...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned near a police station. He was then brought to the AIC orphanage in Mogogosiek, an orphanage about four hours away from the...
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