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Mathias
Mathias’s mother died a year after his father died. After his mother died, Mathias and his brother, John, were given to an uncle. He was a farmer who barely made enough to provide food for his own family—let alone two extra children. Social welfare services recommended the boys be placed at Rafiki. Mathias and his brother arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2008. Mathias loves to play soccer and is a fierce competitor despite his small stature. He has learned from the Rafiki Bible Study that he needs to always be in prayer. His favorite hymn is "Christ is Coming." He continues to pray for spiritual growth and academic discipline.
DOB: Nov 1, 2005
Diana
Diana’s mother died shortly after giving birth to her and her twin brother, Dereck.
John
John has charm and charisma; he is a happy boy and has a quick smile in spite of his difficult start in life.
Kwaku
Kwaku’s father became ill and died in 2007, and his mother also died in April 2009.
Blessing
Blessing lost her father before she was born, and her mother ran away in 2000 and was returned to the village dead two years later.
Sarai
Sarai was taken in by her grandmother after the death of her father and mother.
Gelane
Gelane’s parents died two years apart from one another.
Gift
Gift and her sister, Peace, were orphaned in 2010 when their father died of AIDs. Their mother abandoned the family in 2008 and is believed to be...
Kwame
Both Kwame’s parents died in 2010. He was brought to the Rafiki Village in Ghana in March 2011.
Jummai
Both Jummai's parents died within two years of each other, and Jummai and her brother Ezekiel were left to be raised by her grandmother.
Mwawi
Mwawi's mother died two weeks after delivering him and his twin brother.
Rebekah
Both of Rebekah’s parents died in 2004 from unknown causes.
Adam
Adam is a double orphan. His mother and father died of malaria in 2007.
Nellice
Nellice’s parents died within two years of each other, and she was an orphan before she was three years old.
Afia
Both Afia’s mother and father died in 2006, and she arrived at Rafiki Village Ghana in October 2009.
Donatha
Donatha’s life began in difficulty. Because Donatha's mother died when she was young, and her father abandoned her shortly after, she has never...
Marie Jeanne
Marie Jeanne was brought to her elderly, sickly grandmother when she was a young child after both of her parents died of sickness.
Chloe
Chloe is a double orphan; both of her parents died when she was around three years old.
Israel
Israel’s mother died in 2001 when he was two years old, and his father died in 2003.
Alice
After Alice’s mother and father died, she and her brother Wilson were left in the care of an uncle.
Ester
Ester was in the care of her impoverished grandmother after her parents died of a fatal illness.
Racheal
Rachel's birth mother has never been located. Her father took another wife, abandoned Rachel, and never returned. She arrived at the Rafiki Village...
Sumaya
Sumaya's father died when she was a young child, and her mother started living with another man who was unwilling to care for her.
Kelia
An old woman from a local village brought Kelia to a police station in 2011, hoping to find someone to care for her.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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