FROM STUDENT TO CITIZEN

 
Patrick Emodong (not his real name) came to Australia in the 1980s as a student from Uganda. He liked what he saw in the sprawling plains and beautiful cities of the land Down Under and has never looked back.
 
“Australia is a country with a great deal of opportunity”  he says quite convincingly, “if you really want to work hard and improve yourself…There are no barriers to progress”.
 
Patrick has obviously fallen in love with Australia, but what does the future hold for him and his family?  “The future is what you make it”  he says, “Africans must learn to take advantage of what Australia has to offer”.
 
What do you think?