A cry for a family by 15-year-old Davion Only, an orphan in foster care, resulted in around 10,00,0 queries from across the world.
Davion is staying at a home in Florida. Davion started looking for his mother in June after he received his birth certificate and found that she had died just a few weeks prior to his quest for her. His mother was a cocaine addict and had been in jail, reports Fox News.
Davion was devastated by his mother's death. He lost weight, nearly 18 kilograms.
Davion made his appeal at the St. Baptist Church congregation, "My name is Davion and I've been in foster care since I was born ... I know God hasn't given up on me. So I'm not giving up either. I'll take anyone. Old or young, dad or mom, black, white, purple. I don't care. And I would be really appreciative. The best I could be."
"If you can, reach out and get me and love me until I die," added Davion reveals a recent post on ABC news.
This simple and touching demand of Davion moved people across different countries including Canada, India, Mexico, Australia, Great Britain and Iran. The adoption agency handling his case has received nearly 10,000 requests over phone and emails in the last few days.
For Davion to get a family of his own will take some time as the adoption process is long with legal procedures, background checks and court appearance.
This is not the story of Davion alone. There are several children in different shelter homes across the U.S. aged between 9-17, yearning for a family. Studies have proved that chances of adoption go down for children of 9 years and above
According to Davion, he was just carrying the message of all kids in orphanages and foster care forward. "I just want people to know that it's hard to be a foster kid," Davion said in a statement. "People sometimes don't know how hard it is and how much we try to do good."
According to recent statistics by the Human Health Service department, there are nearly 399, 548 children in foster care homes in the U.S. Majority of the children are above 9 years but unfortunately only 10 percent of the children between10-17 get adopted, according to the latest NACAC poll results.