A Journey from South Africa - Melody Richards

January 30, 2017 - Melody Richards spoke to us last year about Feed My Starving Children  This visit she told of her experience growing up in South Africa and her journey to the United States. Her family was mixed with half her siblings being black and half white. That caused many problems for them in the era of apartheid; they were not welcome anywhere. Based on that difficult situation, she was determined to come to the USA, at age 18, to learn more and improve herself. She learned from her experience that "knowledge is power" which drove her to keep studying. She also believes that it's important to contribute to society and hence her work with Feed My Starving Children.  Melody has set a new challenge for herself and has taken up archery and hopes to make the USA olympic team.  Her story is an inspiration to all.