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Mercy
After both Mercy's parents died, she was placed in the Rafiki Village Nigeria in 2004. Now, Mercy has graduated from the Rafiki School. She is now attending university on scholarship. She studies law at the University of Jos. While at the Village, Mercy enjoyed reading and playing basketball. She says that God has been the greatest friend that she has ever had. She marvels at how God has revealed Himself in nature and His Word, and she is learning to see the hand of God in everything around her.
DOB: May 7, 1999
Maurin
After the death of Maurin's parents, she and her younger brother, Kelvin, went to live with their grandparents.
James
James's parents died within months of each other; he was an orphan before he was six months old.
Yamakani
Yamikani lost her father in 2004, and her mother was also dying of an illness at this time.
Atsu
Atsu arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Godwin
Godwin lived with his unemployed aunt and uncle before he arrived at the Rafiki Village Tanzania in 2011.
Faith
Faith’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and her father died soon after in an accident.
Centia
Centia’s father died before she was born, and her mother died when she was about seven months old.
Judith
After Judith’s mother passed away in 2006, she was placed in the care of her grandmother, who could not provide for her basic needs.
Priscilla
Priscilla's father went missing after riots broke out near their village when she was a child.
Bethlehem
Bethlehem's (Betty's) mother abandoned her to go find work and left her with a neighbor.
Elikem
Elikem and his sister, Abena, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2003.
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...
Khumbo
Khumbo's mother died in 2007 when he was two years old, and his father’s whereabouts remain unknown.
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.
Luka
Luka's mother died when he was a young child, and his father abandoned him.
Besufekad
Besufekad’s mother had mental-health problems and could not properly care for him.
Moses
The death of Moses's father left six orphans.
Nasha
Nasha, her sister, and cousin were in their grandmother's care after her father's death.
Gadissa
Gadissa, along with his sister Feyise, were orphaned in 2008 and placed in the care of an impoverished aunt.
Vincent
Vincent and his brother, Rabson, lived with their grandmother after their parents died in 2011.
Silas
Silas arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Nancy
Nancy’s father died in war and her mother died while delivering her younger sister, Patricia.
Patience
Patience’s father was a soldier and died before she turned 3.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.
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