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Vandag het sy ook seuns in haar bediening.<\/p>\n<p>Davis het haar program in 2013 uitgebrei toe sy di\u00e9 behoeftige kinders ook met hul skoolwerk begin help het. Sy het huis- en skoolbesoeke begin doen en later skoolbenodigdhede aan hulle begin voorsien. <\/p>\n<p>Sy s\u00ea in 2014 het sy kinders van Riverview ook by haar program betrek en hulle ook van skoolbenodigdhede begin voorsien. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDie ergste ding wat met \u2019n kind kan gebeur, is om by die skool aan te kom sonder die nodige items wat hulle benodig.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Davis s\u00ea in die verlede nadat sy uit Suid-Afrika na die VSA teruggekeer het, het barmhartige Samaritane reeds pakkies met skoolbenodigdhede vir behoeftige kinders van Worcester opgemaak.<\/p>\n<p>Sy het dan di\u00e9 pakkies saam met haar terug Suid-Afrika toe gebring en aan die kinders uitgedeel. <\/p>\n<p>Davis s\u00ea weens probleme met haar visum was sy nog nie weer in staat om VSA toe te gaan en skoolbenodigdhede Suid-Afrika toe te bring nie. <\/p>\n<p>Sy s\u00ea dis \u2019n se\u00ebning hoe baie skenkings uit Worcester kom. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cToe ek in 2012 in Suid-Afrika aangekom het, kon ek sien daar was \u2019n werklike behoefte aan eiewaarde en identiteit by kinders. As ek dink ek is niks werd nie, wat is die nut daarvan om skool toe te gaan; wat is die nut daarvan dat ek selibaat bly; wat is die nut daarvan dat ek wyse toekomstige besluite neem?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEk werk daaraan om kinders aan God se plan te verbind \u2013 om die siklus van armoede te breek. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs hulle nie \u2019n opvoeding het nie, het hulle nie \u2019n toekoms nie; as hulle nie op skool bly nie, het hulle ook nie \u2019n toekoms nie. Sodra kinders in die skoolstelsel kom, moet hulle konstant aangemoedig word.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davis s\u00ea die rede waarom kinders ook so baie stokkies draai, is omdat hulle honger en ongemaklik is. 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