This is a narrative I wrote, that is based on social justice. It is in a the person's perspective, so the main character is the one telling the story. I hope you enjoy and take a lot from it.
I see a little girl beside me in a worn out top and pants and wearing her brand new shoes that I brought her as a gift. She’s only about 3 or 4 but she’s the only one in her family that is well enough to travel to get water for her family. Its her first time doing it so her mother asked me to come with her, she has a giant smile pinned onto her face.
My life mission has always been to help the needy, just this year I’ve travelled to the four poorest countries in the world; the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Zimbabwe and Burundi. I have had the most amazing experience, and at the moment I’m in Zimbabwe.
The girls name I found out later is Rue, her family is suffering from malaria and cholera, so she has to do all the family chores. I have been helping out in her village in southern Zimbabwe doing as much as I can for them. There are 93 students at her school and the school can only pay for one teacher. I was talking to their teacher and she said that sometimes when they run out of stationary and paper they have to wait a couple of months to get some more.
Rue’s new job is to get the water everyday and it is a 10mile walk there and back. I can’t believe what they have to live in aswell, I won’t call it a dump because it’s all they have but it is nothing like my house back in Australia. Some people don’t even have a house and if you do it’s nothing much, some of them are literally a room. The local school is a mile away and heaps of diseases are going around.
When I first got there I tried living in their conditions; living on a dollar a day, to help me find out how I could help them. Since then I have brought in medications for cholera and malaria (two of Zimbabwe’s major diseases) which is difficult to treat, sent a message back home to raise money for new resources and daily needs, built a well in the centre of the village and helped families with their daily chores.
The children love the attention and the smiles on their faces after they get something new or something they’ve always wanted, is unforgettable! The children and even parents love having their photos taken and the memory on my camera is filled up. As I walk onto the plane to head home I look through all the pictures with a giant smile on my face. I wish I could have done more to help them, they really don’t deserve to live like this. They were a good bunch of people and made my life more memorable.
I see a little girl beside me in a worn out top and pants and wearing her brand new shoes that I brought her as a gift. She’s only about 3 or 4 but she’s the only one in her family that is well enough to travel to get water for her family. Its her first time doing it so her mother asked me to come with her, she has a giant smile pinned onto her face.
My life mission has always been to help the needy, just this year I’ve travelled to the four poorest countries in the world; the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Zimbabwe and Burundi. I have had the most amazing experience, and at the moment I’m in Zimbabwe.
The girls name I found out later is Rue, her family is suffering from malaria and cholera, so she has to do all the family chores. I have been helping out in her village in southern Zimbabwe doing as much as I can for them. There are 93 students at her school and the school can only pay for one teacher. I was talking to their teacher and she said that sometimes when they run out of stationary and paper they have to wait a couple of months to get some more.
Rue’s new job is to get the water everyday and it is a 10mile walk there and back. I can’t believe what they have to live in aswell, I won’t call it a dump because it’s all they have but it is nothing like my house back in Australia. Some people don’t even have a house and if you do it’s nothing much, some of them are literally a room. The local school is a mile away and heaps of diseases are going around.
When I first got there I tried living in their conditions; living on a dollar a day, to help me find out how I could help them. Since then I have brought in medications for cholera and malaria (two of Zimbabwe’s major diseases) which is difficult to treat, sent a message back home to raise money for new resources and daily needs, built a well in the centre of the village and helped families with their daily chores.
The children love the attention and the smiles on their faces after they get something new or something they’ve always wanted, is unforgettable! The children and even parents love having their photos taken and the memory on my camera is filled up. As I walk onto the plane to head home I look through all the pictures with a giant smile on my face. I wish I could have done more to help them, they really don’t deserve to live like this. They were a good bunch of people and made my life more memorable.