What do they want??

A recurring theme in the messages from Zimbabwe is the anxiety to be able to afford school fees for their children.  We take education as a "right", but in Africa that is far from the case.  This poem came to us from a 15 year old girl called Mercy:

Education, education, I am nothing without it.

I need light to see and education to understand.
I need proper education
not one sided information.

You say things are okay
when we stay at home without
getting proper education.
You want us to live in the dark
while your children live abroad.
You do not want me to be educated like you.

Education is my last hope
Give it back to me because I need light
like your children so I can rise and shine!