I was born into a family of three children two boys and one girl.

My father passed away when I was just four years old and from that moment, my mother became both our provider and our pillar of strength. She was a teacher by profession, but her calling went far beyond the classroom.

Driven by compassion and faith in God, she founded a school and later established an orphanage to care for vulnerable children in our community.

In 2010, we lost her but not the vision God placed in her heart.

As her children, we made a decision to carry on her legacy and keep her dream alive. Today, the school continues to operate, serving and shaping young lives in our community.

Although we had to close the orphanage due to financial challenges, the mission did not end. By God's grace, we transitioned into outreach programs that continue to support and uplift vulnerable families and children in need.

Luwi is a faith-driven leader based in Zambia who runs a primary school and leads a foundation dedicated to empowering young girls.

Through her work, she provides menstrual health education, promotes biblical values, and encourages life-affirming choices. She is deeply passionate about protecting life, supporting children with special needs, and inspiring communities to live with purpose through faith in God.

We are prayerfully trusting God for more partners to come on board. There is a great and growing need, with many vulnerable families who require support, care, and hope. Together, we believe we can reach more lives and make a lasting impact for God's kingdom.

Links:

https://www.facebook.com/LuwiMinistries

Welcome to 12 Minute Converse with Jesus Believers.

God chose first to have a conversation with us, His creation.

Our prayer is that this listening space brings growth and transforms your life forever.

Praise God for you, Louie.

It's a great pleasure to connect with you.

What part of the world are you in today?

I am in Zambia.

From the that I've seen that you've been doing, I'd love to know if you see the presence of your mother in the work you do.

I do see the presence of my mom in the work that I do.

It's so evident because mom was like a mentor to us, the children.

So carrying her legacy on, I feel she has not left.

Like she is in our daily work.

How important is that for you in the work that you do?

I would say it is important for us to keep mom's legacy going because she grounded us in faith, in Jesus, that it is more blessed to give than to receive and we should look out for those that are less privileged.

Because we at one point walked the same road and it is only good for us to still lend a helping hand to someone who's in need.

Let's tell everyone that's listening exactly what the work you do looks like.

First of all, we run a school, a primary school, which is from nursery sector to year seven.

We offer education to the community and the less privileged children in our community.

The second work is we do outreach programs for community which would be our outreach programs are different according to the events that we're doing.

We can organize giving foodstuffs to widows and the aged people in our community.

We also have a program where we give out walking aids to children with cerebral palsy.

Then we also have a group of teenage girls which we mentor and empower with knowledge so that they can walk with Christ and refrain from the worldly deeds that can lead them to have abortions or get into early marriages.

In the midst of this, when did you meet Jesus?

I met Jesus when I was 12.

Although I grew up in a family, a Christian home, because mom was a Christian and we learned Christian values from way back.

But I personally accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior when I was 12 years old.

What was that like?

It was something amazing.

I have a Savior who does not see me for the mistakes that I do.

He wants me as I am.

So even though I'm imperfect, I can still address him and go to him.

So it was amazing.

It's like I've met a new friend, I would say.

So I am ready or I'm eager to know new things about this friend.

I'm eager to walk with this friend, to talk to this friend when I'm burdened and all.

How does teaching women, the way you are teaching women from an educational perspective, combine with the teachings of Jesus in the school?

Yes, we combine them.

There's a session where we just talk about how a girl child should be in society and how they should handle themselves.

Then apart from that, we guide them to Jesus because we know that there are earthly challenges that will come, that they are unable to withstand on their own.

But if they have a personal relationship with Jesus, Jesus is able to strengthen us and overcome the challenges that we have, that we face along the way in life.

So I feel it's a grounding force which is also supposed to be passed on to the children or the women, the girls that we are in constant communication with so that they know that there's a savior out there who cares and loves them just the way they are.

Just the way he loved you when you were 12 years old and going forward.

That's amazing.

You know we love the number 12 on the podcast, right?

It's the 12 but it converse, yeah.

So love the fact that, yeah, love that, love that.

What's your vision for the work you're doing?

The vision for the work we are doing, we'd love to reach out to a lot of people out there because I'll say one, we have a lot of children that are affected by cerebral palsy and most of them don't have wheelchairs or they don't have walking aids, according to the situation they're in.

So others don't have walking aids.

I would love to really be a blessing to someone if I'm able to give light.

It's like, yes, you are sparking light, you're lightening, you're giving hope to someone who doesn't have hope because most of the families can't afford to buy them a wheelchair.

So if our work has progressed and it is big, we're able to reach out and give these wheelchairs.

It would be nice for us to get to that stage.

Then for the girls, we know that a lot of girls in our community would practice a lot of ungodly stuff.

They go into early sex, early marriages and all that.

So to be a light or something that's drawing them to Christ and we are able to offer them small things like sanitary pads and all, it's a plus on our side.

So our vision is to expand.

How long has the school been running and what's the capacity now?

From the time mom founded, the school has been running for I would say 31 years.

So right now the capacity is 300 pupils.

If you're listening to this conversation, Louis, five years from today, what's a message you'd leave for future you?

Continue doing the work that you are doing and making an impact for Jesus and the community around.

Resources will always be provided for because Jesus said he will supply the needs according to his riches in glory.

So continue pressing on.

Look where you've come from.

And Jesus is in control.

Louis, again, a pleasure, a treasure.

Thank you for being on What Is Inspired by 12 Minute Converse.