"I want to be a pilot." "My name is Omondi it means that when I was born" "I woke up my mother early in the morning," "I am twelve years old" "I live in Kibera the biggest slum in east Africa." "My last meal was on Sunday today is Wednesday." "I want to be a pilot" "to fly very high far away from the ghetto" "to a place where kids have parents that do not die of HIV every day," "to a place far away where guardians of orphans kids cannot abuse us every day," "to a place far away where I am treated as well as white people are." "I want to be a pilot to wear a uniform and fly very high" "to a place far away where I don't need charity from distant lands," "to a place far away where white men cannot test medicines on us," "to a place far away where the leaders we elected" "stop filling their pockets and start caring for us," "to a place far away where there are school books so one day" "I can fly far away." "I want to be a pilot it must feel so good to go places where I can walk barefoot on the green grass," "where water is clean with rivers and springs," "where I can feel the sun shining on me." "I want to be a pilot" "so I can fly very very high" "to take off and land where my dreams are," "to a place far away" "where God just loves me and churches are just the mountains" "the trees the rivers." "Yes." "My dream is to fly far away to a place where my suffering can end." "I want to be a pilot" "to wear a uniform to go places where others are not afraid to play with me because I am HIV positive," "where I can live a simple life," "where there is a future." "I want to be a pilot so I can fly to a place far away where my mom and dad are," "so they can hug me so they can kiss me so they can love me," "so I can hug them so I can kiss them so I can love them." "Thank you." ""OVERCOMING POVERTY IS NOT A GESTURE OF CHARITY." "IT IS AN ACT OF JUSTICE." "LIKE SLAVERY AND APARTHEID, POVERTY IS NOT NATURAL." "IT IS MAN-MADE AND IT CAN BE OVERCOME AND ERADICATED BY THE ACTIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS." "SOMETIMES IT FALLS UPON A GENERATION TO BE GREAT." "YOU CAN BE THAT GREAT GENERATION." "LET YOUR GREATNESS BLOSSOM." NELSON MANDELA"