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Jimmy
Jimmy and his twin sister Jane were brought to a local police station after their mother died in the Kenyatta National hospital. Eventually, Jimmy's grandfather was located, but he was unable to care for the twins. Both children arrived at the Rafiki Village Kenya in 2004. Jimmy is attentive during Bible lessons and enjoys physical education. He wants to read the Bible in order to know God more.
DOB: Jul 21, 2002
Valiness
After losing both of her parents to a fatal illness, Valiness lived with her impoverished grandmother who could not provide for her needs.
Flavia
Flavia and her three siblings were living in a situation that required immediate intervention according to Uganda social welfare.
Beatrice
Beatrice was left in the care of her aunt after her parents died in 2006. They lived in a two-room house with nine other relatives.
Shedrak
Shedrak’s mother died in 2006 and his father died shortly after.
Christopher
Christopher lost both of his parents between 2002 and 2003.
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Adonay
Adonay's mother tried to abandon him on the street in the Somali Region, but a man from the health station intervened and gave her some money to...
Dorcas
Dorcas was abandoned by both her parents at birth.
Lisa
Lisa’s mother died when she was two years old, and her father died two years later.
Joseph
Joseph’s mother died when he was nine months old, and his father is unknown.
Adele
Adele’s father struggled under the weight of caring for a young son with cerebral palsy, the children’s blind grandmother, and his own kidney...
George
After George’s mother and father died, he was placed in the care of his sixteen-year-old aunt.
Eliya
After Eliya’s parents died, he was placed in the care of his aunt.
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.
Deogloriosio
Deo's parents are both deceased, making him a double orphan. His father died right before he was born and his mother soon after.
Namukolo
Namukolo and his brother, Clifford, lived with his parents in a small rural village before their mother died in 2010. The father abandoned them and...
Julius
Julius’s mother abandoned him after his father died. He came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in March 2008.
Samuel
Samuel was like many children when they first arrive at Rafiki. He arrived with no shoes, and he looked very malnourished.
Joyce
Very little is known about Joyce’s life before Rafiki.
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Grace
Grace's parents died within one year of each other, and she was then put in the care of a maternal aunt.
Uwase
Uwase’s parents died in 2010.
Paul
Paul's mother was sick and admitted him and his twin brother, Isaac, to a transient home in Lusaka, Zambia in July 2012.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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