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School in Africa honors O’Brien
Two longtime Davis residents have opened a school in Lusaka, Zambia, in honor of Richard Hiroshi O’Brien, a beloved Davis teen who died in a skiing accident almost two years ago.
Ken and Joy Hoffman say the school, the RHO Appleseed School, will serve nearly 100 orphans and other vulnerable children every Monday through Saturday.
The Hoffmans — who have more than 30 years of teaching experience between them — moved recently to Lusaka to teach at the American International School there. They quickly noticed the disparity in the area among those who have access to education and those who do not.
They found the living conditions in the Bauleni Housing Compound particularly dire, and decided to make it their mission to help provide both quality education and quality of life to the orphans and vulnerable children who live there.
The name of the school was decided upon long before the Hoffmans moved to Africa. The Hoffmans knew O’Brien’s family from when their own daughters were on the Davis High ski team with Richard O’Brien, and they knew they wanted to find a way to honor both Richard and his parents. The school is their way of doing so.
Read more about it at http://www.RHOAppleseed.org, as well as at the Hoffmans’ personal website, http://thehoffmansinafrica.us.
The Hoffmans plan to return to Davis for a two-week visit at the end of December, at which time they hope to hold an informational and fundraising evening.
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