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Matias
After his mother died in 2009, Matias lived with his grandmother. She could not educate or properly care for Matias and asked Rafiki for help. Matias arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011. Matias is now a bright student. He also enjoys playing basketball, and he is a very strong player. It is fun to watch him play. Matias knows that God guides him in everything he does. He strives to do what is right and glorify God in his actions.
DOB: Sep 6, 2007
Alex
Alex was living with his widowed mother who was dying from a fatal illness.
Genet
Genet’s mother died when she was a year old, and her father is unknown.
Patience
Patience was abandoned by her mother in 2005, and her father cared for her until he died in 2008.
Charles
Timothy was orphaned as an infant and brought to a babies' home in Kitui in 1997.
Yeani
Yeani's parents died in 2010, and she was placed in the care of an aunt.
Sandra
Sandra’s father died suddenly in 2009, and her mother followed in 2010.
Phoebe
Not much is known about Phoebe’s life before she came to Rafiki.
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
John
John’s parents were killed in a tragic bus accident. His mother was pregnant with his little sister, Chipo, at the time of the accident, and she...
Irene
After being abandoned by their parents, Irene and her twin sister, Dorine, were living with their impoverished paternal grandmother.
Randy
Randy and his two brothers Prince and Emmanuel were abandoned by their mother when she left to visit relatives and never returned.
Moses
The death of Moses's father left six orphans.
Divine
Divine was placed in the care of her aunt after both her parents died of an illness.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
Enoch
Enoch’s father died in 2008, and his mother died the following year.
Mirriam
Mirriam’s father died in 2003, and her mother died two years later.
Valante
Valante's mother died of complications while giving birth to him, and his father died shortly after her.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel was seriously malnourished when he and his sister Phiona arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2005.
Mavis
Mavis and her twin brother and sister were orphaned when both of their parents died of illnesses.
Frank
Frank’s father was killed in a car accident, and his mother died of an illness when he was a young child.
Romeo
Romeo's grandmother cared for him after the death of his parents.
Laurine
Laurine’s parents died in 2006. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Malawi in 2007.
Jeremiah
At two months of age, Jeremiah was abandoned at a local hospital.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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