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Feyise
Feyise
Feyise, along with her brother Gadissa, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt. Their nutrition and health suffered. Social Welfare verified that the children were orphans in desperate need of help. Feyise and Gadissa arrived at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia in 2011. There is now a great hope for their future! Feyise says, "God is changing me as I read the Bible. The verse that has made the biggest difference is where Jesus calls us to be peacemakers. I am trying to be a peacemaker at school. I ask God to help me be a good student. I am also praying that I will be successful in my studies. I am praying that all my family will follow Jesus and every member will become Christian."
DOB: Dec 12, 2006
Ermias
Ermias' mother was mentally handicapped. She abandoned Ermias and his sister, Mehiret, and gave them to the care of their impoverished grandmother.
Isaac
Isaac’s mother died an hour after she gave birth to him, and his father shortly abandoned him after he was born.
Michael
Michael’s mother abandoned him, and his father is unknown.
Smart
Smart’s mother died two weeks after his birth, and his father died soon after her.
Kwaku
Kwaku and his older sister, Eltonia, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents.
Simon
Simon was found abandoned alongside the road in 2001.
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother.
Ashenofi
Both Ashenofi's parents died within a year of each other. He lived with an aunt after their deaths. However, his aunt was unable to properly care...
Theresia
Theresia and her twin sister, Aurelia, came to live at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2010 after their mother died of cancer.
William
William was brought to a hospital with head injuries in August 2003.
Rachael
Rachael and her sister Mary arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in August 2010.
Amelia
Amelia and her sister, Jamesetta, and brother, Jimmy, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Timothy
Timothy was abandoned at a church as a small child.
Zerubabel
After Zerubabel's father died and his mother abandoned him, he was placed in the care of a widow.
Faustin
After Faustin’s mother died, a woman in the community offered to take him.
Andrew
Andrew arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui, Kenya in 2000.
Janvier
Janvier’s father abandoned him and his mother and moved to Tanzania.
Monicah
Monicah's mother is believed to be dead, and her father is unknown.
Sharon
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Yordanos
After their father died and their mother abandoned them, Yordanos and her younger brother lived with their grandmother. Their grandmother could not...
Moses
Both of Moses's died when he was a young child.
Blessing
Blessing and her twin brother Dalitso, had moved four times since their mother died when they were babies. They lived at two babies’ homes and then...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.