Family Homes offer children who cannot be reintegrated or adopted the opportunity to grow up in a real family. Led by widows who open their homes and hearts, each family includes boys and girls living
together as siblings—sharing daily life, responsibility, and love. Family Homes reflect God’s design for belonging, providing stability, identity, and lifelong relationships instead of institutional care.
THOKO
From Orphaned Child to Wife and Mom
In the fall of 2004, a young orphaned girl named Thoko moved into the first EOH Family Home in Lusaka. She had no mother or father to shepherd her young life – but God, a father to the fatherless, remained faithful to her.
Through love of her new Mama, and the care from ministry supporters, her relationship with Jesus grew into a deep, Christ grew into support from she grew into a deep and active bond that continues today.
In 2017, Thoko completed her diploma in journalism. She now serves as a lieutenant in the Zambian National Service as a photojournalist.
In 2021, she married, and in 2022, she and her husband welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Elmo! Thoko’s story is an example of the generational impact God is making in Zambia through EOH!
PHOTO GALLERY
Mama Juliet’s Family 2007
Mama Josephine’s Family 2009
Mama Mary’s Family 2010
Mama Christine’s Family 2011
Mama Sarah’s Family 2012
Congwe Families 2013
Mama Florence’s Family 2017
Mama Ellen’s Family 2018
Mama Bridget’s Family 2020
Mama Grace’s Family 2020
Mama Naomi’s Family 2022
