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Dorcas/Deborah
Dorcas/Deborah
Deborah's parents and siblings went missing during religious riots in Jos, Nigeria. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2007. Deborah is a graduate of the Rafiki School, and she is studying English Literature at Bingham University. Deborah says that God has made Himself known to her through His providence. Learning that God is true to His Word is helping her grow closer to Him and to submit to His sovereignty.
DOB: Apr 15, 1998
Perpetual
Perpetual arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in November 2010.
Paul
Paul was brought to a local children’s home in 1999 by a pastor.
Prince
Prince and his two brothers, Randy and Emmanuel, were abandoned by their mother as young children. Prince and his brothers arrived at the Rafiki...
Christabel
After both of Christabel’s parents died of illness, she and her brother Jehosephat arrived at the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2008.
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.
Jane
Both Jane's parents died when she was a young child, making her a double orphan.
Mediatrice
Mediatrice’s parents became sick and both died in 2007.
John
John’s father had been deceased for a few years when his mother died in 2007.
Sumaya
Sumaya's father died when she was a young child, and her mother started living with another man who was unwilling to care for her.
Chukwudi
Chukwudi is a double orphan, having lost his father in 2005 and his mother in 2008.
Chloe
When she was a child, the police found Chloe alone in a house.
Josephine
Josephine and her twin sister Justina arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Frank
Frank’s father was killed in a car accident, and his mother died of an illness when he was a young child.
Justina
Justina and her twin sister Josephine arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi after their mother died and their father abandoned them.
Enoch
Enoch’s father died in 2008, and his mother died the following year.
Elikana
Elikana is a double orphan. She and her sister Mercy were in the care of an impoverished widow who had neither food nor home for herself, let alone...
James
After the death of his parents, James's grandmother took care of him and his brother, Frank.
Zerubabel
After Zerubabel's father died and his mother abandoned him, he was placed in the care of a widow.
Issac
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Hana
Hana’s mother died in 2008, and her father remains unknown.
Memory
Memory was found in the care of a 65-year-old widow who lived in a village subsidized by the government for the homeless.
Abenezer
Abenezer was just fifteen days old when his teenage mother gave him over to his grandmother.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.