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Gloria
Gloria
Gloria’s parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Thomas were placed in the care of her impoverished grandmother. When she and Thomas arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007, Gloria was malnourished and suffering from an ear infection. After arriving at the Village, the siblings soon benefited from nourishing food and quality care. Gloria is now a well-rounded student who is attentive and hard working. She likes to answer questions, and she also asks good questions in class. Gloria loves Jesus as her personal Lord and Savior. She is committed to standing firm in her faith, helping the weak by sharing their burdens, and living a life pleasing to God.
DOB: Mar 25, 2003
Vincent
Vincent and his brother, Rabson, lived with their grandmother after their parents died in 2011.
Alick
Alick is a double orphan. He lived with his grandparents after the death of his mother in 2007.
Divine
Divine was placed in the care of her aunt after both her parents died of an illness.
Loveness
Loveness is a double orphan; her mother died just ten months after she was born, and her father died some time before that.
Mary
Mary lived in the A. I. Children's Home in Kitui before coming to Rafiki.
Akolgo
Akolgo’s mother abandoned, giving him to his grandmother, and his father is unknown. He arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in December 2001.
Julius
Julius’s mother abandoned him after his father died. He came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in March 2008.
Reuben
Reuben’s mother died in 2007, and his father is unknown.
Harriet
Harriet's father passed away from AIDs, and her mother was also diagnosed HIV+ and was no longer able to care for her.
Neema
After the death of her mother and father, Neema lived with her elderly grandmother and adult sister.
Philip
Philip’s mother died in childbirth, and his father died of cancer in 2005.
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Benson Michael
Benson Michael was found at the prison grounds by a woman who took him to the police station on August 28, 2005.
Purity
After her parents died in 2004, Purity was placed in the care of her aunt and uncle.
Maria
After both Maria's parents died, she was left in the care of her impoverished grandmother who could not adequately care for her.
Abigail
Both of Abigail’s parents are deceased. Her father passed away the year she was born, and her mother died a year later.
Awumbe
Awumbe’s mother died during a riot and his father died soon after her.
Emmanuel
Little is known about Emmanuel's life before coming to the Rafiki Village Rwanda.
Charles
After the death of their father, Charles and his brother, Denis, went to live with their impoverished aunt in a small, one-room house.
Ruth
Ruth was placed in the care of her elderly grandparents after her own parents died.
Ellen
Ellen’s mother gave birth to her and her twin, Helen, on June 23, 2000. The girls' mother then passed in 2002. Ellen and her sister arrived at the...
Perpetual
Perpetual’s father had a heart attack at work and died, and her mother died in December 2008 after a lingering illness.
Vivian
Both of Vivian's parents died in 2005. She briefly lived with a maternal uncle, but he was unable to care properly for Vivian.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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