Dear Santa,
I write to you this year to ask for gifts for all the children around the world, the gifts I ask for you to bring them are;
An end to war and violence in their homelands
Homes and not tents
Freedom from slavery and child labor
Clean Water
Adequate nutrition
An end to the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Accessible healthcare
An escape from hunger
Vaccinations for preventable diseases
A home where they are surrounded by people who genuinely love and care for them
The right to play and enjoy the youth for which they are blessed
Education
Gender Equality
An end to forced marriage and child marriage
That girls will no longer endure Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
An end to the use of rape as a weapon of war
Freedom from physical and sexual abuse
Most of all I ask that you bring the children love and hope!
I know the list is long and daunting, but if you can bring the children just a one or two things on the list this year millions of children will have a happier 2008, and millions more will get a chance to live. The request is really that you bring children their childhood, and give them hope for the future.
Merry Christmas,
Cassandra
