UZIMATELE poems

Written by two girls who are living in the Uzimatele Home. Pastor George and Jackie his wife, have taken them into their family to raise with others who have no family to care for them. Here is what they wrote for your to read.

thank you my dear parents
thank you my dear visitors
you brought me up well
your cared for me
your work is so good
you bathed me daily
you give me food daily
i never missed a school day
your work is so good
what about school fees
you paid the money well
i never missed a school day
your work is so good
how smart i look
wearing smart, clean clothes
my shoes well polished
your work is so good
thank you
LOVYNE (12)

EVERLINE (14)
i hate to see a slim mother
i hate to see a slim father
who is not dieting or cutting on weight
but is a result of what they could have avoided
i hate to see a child without a mother
i hate to see a child without a father
whose parents did not die from a fatal road accident
but is a result of what they could have avoided
i hate to see a grandmother with a baby on her back
i hate to see her washing napkins and school uniforms
yet she is not Sarah of the bible
but is a result of what her children could have avoided
AIDS we cannot run from it
we cannot hide from it
it is right here with us
not to stay as one may say
for you and i
can do somehting
and if we don't
history will judge us
we have to stop this moral erosions
that have so much effected on this generations
we have to change our habits
faithfulness and justice will save us from this monster
AIDS

thank you very much
asante sana