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Katherine
Katherine
Social Services referred Katherine to Rafiki because she was abandoned by her parents. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2006 and has since enjoyed her new home. Kathy loves playing basketball. She is a good team player who displays good sportsmanship. Kathy's favorite subjects are math, English, and biology. She enjoys early sacred music lessons and appreciates the fact that music has been a gift from God since the beginning of the world. Kathy also plays the viola in the Rafiki Youth Orchestra. She seeks to imitate Christ, rejoice in hope, and be in constant prayer.
DOB: Sep 25, 2001
Honorine
Both Mufasha's mother and father died when she was a young child.
Beatrice
Beatrice’s parents died of a terminal illness shortly after she was born, and she was put in the care of her grandmother.
Cossam
Cossam arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007 following the death of both of his parents.
Akua
In 2007, Akua’s mother and father both died of illness a few months apart.
Samuel
Samuel was found wandering the streets of his village when he was two years old.
Emmanuel
Both Emmanuel's parents abandoned him when he was a small child.
Simeon
In 2009, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare closed an orphanage due to adoption violations.
Baraka
Baraka’s mother abandoned him at a young age, and his father is unknown.
Amelia
Amelia and her sister, Jamesetta, and brother, Jimmy, arrived at Rafiki Village Liberia in October 2012.
Martha
Martha's parents were killed during the conflict in the Ivory Coast.
Bethlehem
Bethlehem's (Betty's) mother abandoned her to go find work and left her with a neighbor.
Genet
Genet’s mother died when she was a year old, and her father is unknown.
Jennifer
Jennifer is one of three triplets. She and her sisters, Janet and Joanna, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Peter
Both Peter's parents abandoned him when he was a young child.
Tizeta
Tizeta was abandoned by her mother, and her father is unknown.
Tapiwa
Tapiwa and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Theresa
Theresa was abandoned at seven months old by her mother at a shop in downtown Monrovia, Liberia.
Mercy
Mercy was referred to the Rafiki Foundation by a local ministry.
Rachel
Rachel is a double orphan. Both of her parents died tragically in 2007 and 2008.
Anjela
After being abandoned by her mother, Anjela lived with her elderly grandfather in a small mud hut.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel lived with his elderly grandmother after the death of his parents.
Ester
Ester was in the care of her impoverished grandmother after her parents died of a fatal illness.
Phoebe
Day students are children in need from the communities surrounding the Rafiki Villages who attend our Rafiki Schools with full scholarships or...
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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