{"id":1196,"date":"2019-05-06T12:20:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T19:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2019-08-19T17:01:41","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T00:01:41","slug":"video-schoolgirls-share-poem-dear-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/clean-water-news-stories\/video-schoolgirls-share-poem-dear-water","title":{"rendered":"Video: Schoolgirls share their poem ‘Dear Water’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It can be easy to take clean water for granted here in the United States. Just turn on your tap. But for millions of children around the world, not having easy access to clean water robs them of time, energy, health, and opportunity. It means so much to these schoolgirls in Kenya that they wrote a poem — “Dear Water” — to share how life-changing it is:<\/p>\n

Dear water,<\/em>
\n It was hard to get to you.<\/em>
\n Waking up at dawn<\/em>
\n Buckets on our heads<\/em>
\n Donkeys loaded with jerrycans.<\/em>
\n Miles we walked<\/em>
\n In the scorching heat<\/em>
\n To look for you.<\/em>
\n Dear water,<\/em>
\n At last you came.<\/em>
\n Sweet water<\/em>
\n Our backs are rested<\/em>
\n The miles are no more<\/em>
\n Diseases are gone.<\/em>
\n For you are closer to us.<\/em>
\n Dear water,<\/em>
\n You are such a blessing.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What you can do<\/h2>\n