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Gladys
Gladys
Gladys arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009. She is quite athletic and is often found playing soccer. As she has studied the women of the Bible, Gladys has learned that God is not looking for perfect people but for those who will obey Him. The hymn "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" encourages her and reminds her that no storms can destroy her while she's in God's arms.
DOB: Jul 24, 2003
Matias
After his mother died in 2009, Matias lived with his grandmother.
Leah
Janvier
Janvier’s father abandoned him and his mother and moved to Tanzania.
Jack
Jack is a double orphan who was living with his impoverished grandmother.
Peter
Both Peter's parents abandoned him when he was a young child.
Yeabsira
Not much is known about Yeabsira’s life before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Ethiopia.
Samuel
Samuel was like many children when they first arrive at Rafiki. He arrived with no shoes, and he looked very malnourished.
Jack
After Jack’s mother died in 2006, he began living with his grandparents. His grandmother died soon after that.
Alinafe
Alinafe is a double orphan who was in the care of her elderly grandparents.
James
James was orphaned after his mother was involved in a fatal road accident in April 2005.
Mika
Mika and his brother, Bulus, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Furahini
Furahini and her sister, Scolastika, lived with their grandmother after their mother disappeared.
Benjamin
Benjamin came to the Rafiki Village Malawi with his younger brother Watson after the death of their parents in 2007.
Uwase
Uwase’s parents died of an unknown sickness.
Kasayoka
Nancy's (Kasayoka) father died when she was two and her mother died eighteen months later.
Kofi
In 2006, both of Kofi’s parents died in a vehicular accident while they were transporting their farm produce to a nearby market.
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
Judith
Naomi
Naomi and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Ben
Before arriving at the Rafiki village, Ben and his five siblings lived with their grandmother, along with her six children, in a one-room house.
Dinah
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Abigail
Nahom
Nahom’s mother died when he was just nine months old, and his father died when he was twenty months old.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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