A New Dawn in Care for the Elderly and Mentally Impaired at Seraphic Homes Foundation
A New Era of Compassion and Care for the Forgotten
In a world where many are overlooked, a beacon of hope is shining brightly for some of society’s most vulnerable groups. The Seraphic Homes Foundation, through the Zion Prayer Movement Outreach, has taken significant steps to ensure that the elderly, orphans, and the mentally impaired receive the dignity, safety, and compassionate care they so desperately need.
This initiative marks a decisive shift in how these marginalized individuals are treated, signaling a true new dawn for those who have long been forgotten. The foundation's latest achievement is the unveiling of the Seraphic Orphanage and Home in Aguleri, Anambra State. This facility is the second dual-purpose center designed to support orphans, the elderly, and the mentally impaired, offering a sanctuary for those often left behind.
More than just a physical structure, the Seraphic Home represents a restoration of dignity and a safe haven for the abandoned. It was built by Evangelist Chukwuebuka Anozie Obi through the Seraphic Home Foundation (SHF), a non-profit organization dedicated to charity, education, health support, and human welfare. The home provides free accommodation, food, medical care, and education to its residents while also driving social and economic development in surrounding communities.
The Neglected Pillars of Society
Across Nigeria, the elderly, orphans, and the mentally impaired remain among the most neglected groups. The elderly, once contributors to their families and communities, are often abandoned by relatives, friends, and even the state. Orphans grow up without stable support, while the mentally impaired are left to roam the streets without treatment or protection.
These challenges lead to emotional, psychological, and physical hardships. Elderly citizens face loneliness and declining health, orphans battle insecurity and lack of opportunity, and the mentally impaired endure stigma and exposure to danger. Despite their different struggles, all three groups share one painful reality: they have been pushed to the margins of society.
However, today a new ray of hope is emerging. Through the Seraphic Orphanage and Home for the Elderly, the longstanding cycle of neglect is beginning to shift. The initiative represents a deliberate effort to restore dignity, provide shelter, and deliver compassionate care to those who need it most.
A Vision Realized
The Seraphic Home is the realization of a long-held vision by the founder and Spiritual Director of the Zion Prayer Movement Outreach, Evangelist Chukwuebuka Anozie Obi. Through the SHF, the home was created as a safe space for vulnerable populations to receive care and compassion. According to Evangelist Obi, the facility will also provide opportunities for community engagement, volunteerism, and a platform for skills development and capacity building for caregivers and staff. It is designed not just for shelter but for meaningful human interaction, bridging the emotional gap that abandonment creates.
The Seraphic Homes Foundation has long established itself as a lifeline for disadvantaged individuals. Its programs include an extensive scholarship scheme reaching over 60 children yearly up to university level, and consistent funding for impoverished patients who cannot afford life-saving treatment or hospital bills.
A New Dawn in Aguleri
This renewed mission found even greater expression in Aguleri in Anambra State, with the unveiling of the state-of-the-art N1.6 billion free Psychiatric Hospital and Home for the Elderly. The project, inaugurated on Friday, September 19, 2025, by Anambra State Governor Professor Chukwuma Soludo, marks one of the most ambitious mental-health and elderly-care initiatives undertaken by a private foundation in the country.
The facility provides free psychiatric diagnosis, treatment, medication, rehabilitation, accommodation, and general welfare. Merely days after its inauguration, the hospital began its lifesaving work, admitting two mentally challenged individuals, one rescued from Nteje and another from the streets around Onitsha Main Market. "The two were immediately assessed by psychiatric doctors and other health professionals who started treatment thereafter," Evangelist Obi confirmed.
To expand its reach, the hospital will deploy four dedicated vehicles across Anambra to rescue mentally challenged persons roaming the streets. "This is my childhood vision," he said, emphasizing that in other parts of the world, no one allows mentally challenged individuals to wander helplessly on the streets. "The vision behind the project is to create a society where the mentally challenged are no longer abandoned on the streets, but embraced, treated, rehabilitated and empowered to live meaningful lives after being integrated back to society," he added.
Governor Soludo described the initiative as monumental, pledging government support, including road construction and connection to the national grid, acknowledging the completely free nature of its services.
Expanding the Vision
Like Aguleri, the success of the first Seraphic Orphanage and Elderly Home in Mgbirichi, Imo State, serves as a model for future projects. Inaugurated on April 21, 2025, by Governor Hope Uzodimma, the Imo home offers free shelter, food, clothing, education, and healthcare to abandoned children and elderly individuals without caregivers, providing a lifeline for those who would otherwise have nowhere to turn.
Evangelist Obi has ambitious plans for expansion, targeting Enugu, Ebonyi, Abia, Rivers, and other states across the federation. His long-term ambition is clear: "The vision behind the project is to create a society where the vulnerable are embraced, treated, rehabilitated, and empowered to live meaningful lives." To serve humanity with all he has is his calling, and this is what he is going to do for the rest of his life.
Through these homes and hospitals, the Zion Prayer Movement Outreach is not just building structures; it is rebuilding humanity, restoring dignity, and rewriting the narrative for the elderly, the orphaned, and the abandoned across Nigeria.
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