Dear Editor:
An open letter to Prime Minister Harper:
Hello, my name is Hannah Greenfield and I am 12 years old.
This morning I read in the paper about the 276 Nigerian schoolgirls being kidnapped by Boko Haram five weeks ago. I have researched this more deeply and I believe that our government should be helping these girls.
The Nigerian government is now asking for help. Nigeria is going to need help for the rescue. They will also need help as the girls, their families, their community and their country recovers.
I want to live in a country that does not sit by as this happens.
I want to live in a country that supports healing.
I want to live in a country that is not a bystander in tragedy.
I am calling on Canada and Canadians to support these girls. If we just stand by, we are saying girls like me and my classmates don't matter.
Hannah Greenfield
North Vancouver
