Aggie Chiluso
Future teacher

Aggie joined the Vima Lupwa Home just this past summer.  This young 4^th grade youngster loves to sing, in fact it is rare to find her not singing all the time – singing is an incredible companion for the children in Zambia and Aggie is a perfect example of this trend.

When she was only 3 years old her father died of AIDS. Hoping for a better life and to help provide for her daughter and herself, Aggie’s mother remarried but her new husband never accepted Aggie as his child. When the husband started abusing them, she feared for her daughter’s life and sent her away to live with other relatives. Unfortunately the relatives, struggling with poverty themselves, didn't have the resources to support Aggie. As is so typical in cases such as this, Aggie was sent from house to house.  As a result she hasn’t gone to school regularly.  Violet, our housemother, who is also very involved with Women’s Rights in Zambia, is advising the mother and teaching her that she has the right to live in a safe environment. We are offering a safe stable home for Aggie, who has just started going back to school. Aggie is incredibly bright although a little behind in school. She dreams of being a teacher and often tries to tutor her younger friends and other Lupwa children with their homework. Here at the Vima Lupwa Home she will have the support she has always needed.  We are hopeful that the stability our home can provide Aggie will help her thrive and break the cycle she was born into.   BACK to Biographies