LFM currently operates two orphanages in Mozambique. The first is named the Melanie Center and is in the town of Beira and opened in 2008. The second (the Melanie Center II), located in the city of Chomoio, became operational in 2014. The Melanie Centers are facilities that provide children with a safe and loving home. The children are given personal attention, food, medical care, clothing, and educational assistance. Both facilities combine to house approximately 25 children at a given time. And since 2008, dozens of children have been cared for and transitioned into forever-families through adoption or other long-term care facilities. LFM has a very strong and favorable working-relationship with the local governments and city officials. Because of the wonderful reputation of high-quality and family-like personal care we offer at the Melanie Centers, many of the children come to the Melanie Centers from the government because they are at a high risk nutritionally, physically, or emotionally. Others need extreme levels of provision because they are HIV/AIDS positive.