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| Amogelang's mother shared tears of joy when she welcomed his son at OR.TAMBO International Airport. |
Amogelang Davids is one of
the children who were part of the International Children’s Outreach Ministry in
Soshanguve that took a group of children to the United States of America for
six weeks.
The programme takes children to the United States of America for
cultural exchange and to learn the American way of living. When they are in the
USA, each child stays with his or her adoptive parents for the whole period of
six weeks. Amogelang and the group left on the 20 of June and came back on the
5 July 2012.
His parents are very happy to have him back home but his adoptive
parents Linah and Malvin Link in North Carolina, USA really liked the 14 year
old and even considered adopting him. This came as a surprise to his parents but
they said they were happy with their boy here at home and the issue of him
being adopted is the last thing on their minds.
Amogelang’s mother, Bridgette
Davids said she was happy to have his son back home.
“I am really happy to have him back; the house was not the same without
him. I hope to see positive results from him,” she said.
Amogelang was also happy to be
back. “North Carolina was really good,
and I had a good time there. But it feels good to be back home, I missed my
mom’s cooking and my siblings,” he said.
He is still suffering from jetlag and the fact that he has a lot of
catching up to do with school work. The Deputy Principal of Rodney Mokoena Preparatory School Mr Cry Mmakola
said they have plans set in place for Amogelang.
“We have a programme called
(ESSP) Extra School Support Programme, which is place for the leaner. Some of
his work will be done here at school; we have spoken to the parents to assist
us as well, so everything is in place,” he said
