I'm featured on a World Vision ad, but nobody cares
I live in the slums in Africa
I've contracted Aids
My mother died from that
I'm trapped
It's a poverty cycle, my life is
Still nobody cares
My back aches from harvesting crops
My grandma is too frail
It's
our only income right now
The crops aren't really doing that great
But I can't give up
I am the strings that hold my family together
I wish I could fly away
Away from the pain
Away from the suffering
Away from death
and away from hunger
I'm 7 years old
I live in Africa
I'm responsible enough
to care for my family
To look after myself,
Yet I have no one to care for me
I've heard that Americans have a television,
I'm famous
Every Sunday at 11 o'clock
Many millions will see me
I'm crying in that video
It was meant to solve my problems
Meant to get me help
Why does nobody care?
People could make a difference I've heard
They must have money to have a television.
I'd be lucky if they picked me
Even if it was just some clothes
I would feel supported
My life would come back
I'm still a kid you know
I'm scared
I'm trapped in the poverty cycle
What's going to happen if I die?
My family
I'm sick, really bad
Please help me
I'm on the World Vision ad
Please will somebody care?
Natasha Davies, Year 11, Palmerston North Girls' High
