At age nineteen Katie Davis left home for Africa. She was heartbroken to see all of the orphans that were starving and on the brink of death. She decided to do something about it. She started the Amazima organization, which is a nonprofit that feeds and educates about 2,500 Ugandan children, many of them AIDS orphans. Davis now 22, lives in a house in Jinja, Uganda with her 13 adopted children.
WOW, what a woman. I am twenty-two and can barely keep up with one kid, I can even imagine 13 of them! I give her kudos for this, she is such an amazing person to do all these things for so many children in need. In the pictures and videos in the article she seems very happy and not a glimpse of stress in her face. She has an amazing support system too of family, friends, and sponsors. I wish there were more people in the world that could take the time and effort and put it into things like this. So many people need help in so many different countries, if only we could find thousands of people who were willing to do this we could be inspired by Katie and help the whole world.
She does sound like an amazing woman. To have such focus and will at such a young age. I don't know if I would be able to have enough inner strength to be able to take care of children who are starving or dying from AIDS. She truly is inspirational.
ReplyDeleteI bet it is a very rewarding job. You can tell Davis is courageous and fearless. Leaving her wonderful country to live in an impoverished one is just the beginning. She created an organization that supports thousands of children. She probably had to learn the language spoken in Uganda and deal with all the laws and stuff to live there. That is one amazing woman.
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