There are women who are hungry …… feed them - Women's day

FOR WOMEN’S DAY  MARCH 8, 2014  -                     by Pearl Drego

There are women who are hungry    …… feed them

There are women who are voiceless … let them speak

There are women who are lonely, spend time with them

There are women who need sleep … stop the noise around them

There are women who are sick .. get them treated

There are women who are outcast ….  help them belong

There are women who are thirsting for skills … teach them how

There are women who are studying … support their learning

There are women who have no roof … give them shelter

There are women struggling to keep their land … give them expert legal advice

There are women who work too hard … give them a picnic

There are women who are longing for God … teach them to pray

There are women who are composing new songs … learn their music

There are women who are washing dishes … do the washing for them

There are women who are crying with grief … comfort them lovingly

There are women who are rejected and scorned …  find them a home

There are women who are tilling the soil … ensure them a livelihood

There are women who grow our vegetables … pay them their worth

There are women who are dying … hold them and accompany them

There are women who are cooking the food … give them a break

There are women who live in the prison of silence … let them shout

There are women who fight for their rights … help them to campaign

There are women who think they are no good. give them self-confidence

There are women who face daily battering … bring them to safety

There are women losing their profits …  work to change the economy

There are women facing abuse … free them permanently

There are women who reject unborn girls …  teach them to value the

life of the girl child

There are women in danger of violence … give them protection

There are women deprived of affection … hug them tenderly

There are women who are wrongly condemned … declare them innocent

There are women cooking fresh snacks … buy from them

not from the market

There are women birthing new life … give them warmest care

There are women dancing with mirth … join them with joy.