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Rinet
Rinet
Rinet's mother was terminally ill and not expected to live much longer when it was suggested that Rinet be moved to the Rafiki Village. When her mother was sick, she could not care for herself and neglected to care for Rinet. Because of this situation, Social Welfare asked the Rafiki Foundation to take over Rinet's care. She arrived at the Rafiki Village Uganda in 2013. Rinet is now an outstanding math student and enjoys math the most out of all her subjects. She trusts in Jesus because He is God and died for her sins, and she looks forward to seeing Him when He returns. Rinet continues to pray for excellence in her academics and increasing knowledge and understanding of who God is and what he is like.
DOB: Dec 2, 2006
Nathan
Both of Nathan's parents died when he was young child.
Monicah
Monicah's mother is believed to be dead, and her father is unknown.
Tapiwa
Tapiwa and her three sisters lost their mother due to high blood pressure and their father to alcoholism.
Innocent
Both of Innocent's parents are deceased. Soon after his mother's death, Innocent was diagnosed with tuberculosis and began treatment.
Mika
Mika and his brother, Bulus, had been in the care of their elderly grandparents after the death of their parents.
Elikem
Elikem and his sister, Abena, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2003.
Ruth
Ruth’s mother abandoned her and placed her in the care of her elderly grandmother.
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.
Ringabell
Ringabell’s mother died from poisoning and her father died of typhoid fever.
Serena
Serena’s mother died from malaria complications three months after giving birth to Serena and her twin sister, Rena.
Andrew
Andrew arrived at the A.I. Children’s Home in Kitui, Kenya in 2000.
Joseph
Both of Joseph’s parents are deceased. He and his sister Abigail came to Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Glen
Glen was found abandoned in 2005.
Julius
Julius’s mother abandoned him after his father died. He came to the Rafiki Village Uganda in March 2008.
Emanuel
Emanuel’s father died in a mountain climbing accident shortly before Emanuel was born, and his mother died when he was five years old.
Timothy
Timothy was orphaned as an infant and brought to a babies' home in Kitui in 1997.
Juliet
Juliet Faith was found abandoned in a remote area outside of Nairobi, Kenya.
Jack
Jack is a double orphan who was living with his impoverished grandmother.
Raphael
After both Raphael's parents died, he was placed with an impoverished grandmother who struggled to feed herself, let alone him.
Brenda
Both of Brenda's parents passed away in 2005 of an illness.
Sandra
Sandra’s father died suddenly in 2009, and her mother followed in 2010.
Malesse
Malesse and his twin sister, Zalalem, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Isaac
Isaac’s Father died in 2006 from an illness, and his mother died giving birth to him.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.