I asked Ngoie if her family changed after her mom passed away.
"It had to change," she said, "I have experienced things that others my age have not experienced. We know how to deal with the tough times, fleeing war-torn countries. We know where help is needed."
As if Ngoie has not already experienced enough injustice, her family lives in a township (which goes back to the apartheid and I don't even have the space to begin speaking about that here). Because they are foreigners to South Africa, her dad has a hard time getting work and if he does get work, he is not paid properly. They are continuing to seek resettlement, specifically in Canada.
Part of what sustains Ngoie is her religion - she is a Jehovah's Witness. It is a personal decision to be baptized and become a JW (not something just passed on from parents). Ngoie made the decision at 11, after her mom passed away. She spends her weekends at the Kingdom Hall.
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