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Erick
Erick’s mother died a few hours after he was born due to complications with his delivery. His father remains unknown. Erick's grandmother tried to care for him, but she ended up taking him to a short-term orphanage due to her own failing health. They asked that Erick be placed at the Rafiki Village Tanzania, and he arrived in 2010. Erick is a young man who knows how to work hard in school. His diligence will serve him well in the future. Erick is also a good tennis player; he works hard and enjoys playing the game. He says that he relies on God to help him get through each day.
DOB: Jun 10, 2005
Serena
Serena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Serena and her twin sister, Rena.
Dan
After both of Dan's parents died when he was a small child, he was placed in the care of an elderly and impoverished uncle.
Mary
Mary lived with her maternal grandmother after her mother's death. Her mother died in 2003 when Mary just over one year old.
Christine
Christine was found abandoned and was admitted to a babies' home in September 2004.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel's mother died two days after he was born.
Valante
Valante's mother died of complications while giving birth to him, and his father died shortly after her.
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.
Gabriel
Gabriel's father abandoned the family and his mother did not recover from the C-section she had when he was born. Since that time he lived with...
Fiyete
Fiyete was just a few months old when her mother became sick and was hospitalized.
Julie
Following the death of their parents, Julie and her two sisters were placed in the care of an aunt.
Ermias
Ermias' mother was mentally handicapped. She abandoned Ermias and his sister, Mehiret, and gave them to the care of their impoverished grandmother.
Vivian
Vivian’s mother was mentally ill, and her father was unknown.
Gracious
Gracious’s mother died of stomach cancer shortly after giving birth to her.
Jane
Both Jane's parents died when she was a young child, making her a double orphan.
Carolyn
Carolyn was abandoned as a child and was found by a probation officer. Social welfare did a thorough search to find any relatives they could for...
Kilonzi
Kilonzi arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya with his older brother Mumo in 2006.
Gad
Gad's mother died immediately after he was born in 2010 in Kigali, Rwanda.
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her.
Peter
Both of Peter’s parents were killed during religious riots that occurred in 2004 in a village about two hours away from Jos, Nigeria.
Miriam
Miriam was found at a local market in the Machakos district of Kenya.
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Pross
Prossy lost her father to AIDS at age four, and her mother was unable to care for her due to severe mental illness.
Aurelia
Aurelia and her twin sister, Theresia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after the death of their mother from cancer.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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