A letter to Santa Claus

Dear Santa Claus,

My names is Mbeke Obi. I´m 12 years old and I live in a small village near Awasa. Ethiopia. I don´t know you, but my English teacher says taht you are tall and fat, you have a long white beard, and wear red clothes. She also says that you live at the north Pole. I think it is very cold there. It is very hot in my village and we don´t have any snow.
My teacher says that children write a lot of things they want an send to you. Then you bring those things on Christmas evening. Well, I have a long list.
Here are the things I want:
1. Please bring water to my village. There is no water to drink, cook or wash with.
2. Bring food to my family.
3. My father doesn´t have a job. Please help him find one.
4. I have three brothers and two sisters. My sisters are very sick. Please, bring them medicine.
5. Take away all the landmines from my country. They will kill and injure many children every year.
6. Stop the war and bring peace to my country.
Santa Claus, I hope you bring me all those things on Christmas eve. I don´t know when Christmas is, but I´m going to aks my teacher.
Merry Christmas to you and your family,
Mbeke Obi

Write T or F

1. ( ) Mbeke Obi is an English teacher.
2. ( ) It is very hot in Ethiopia.
3. ( ) Her family is poor.
4. ( ) Her family is large.
5. ( ) There are many problems in her village.

Match the columns.

1. Mbeke has a ( ) food in her house.
2. There is ( ) long list of things to ask Santa Calus for.
3. Mbeke goes ( ) die in her country because of landmines.
4. There isn´t much ( ) to school.
5. Many children ( ) war in her country.


Challenge!!!

Mbeke doesn´t know when Christmas is. In your opinion, why doesn´t she know this?


Suggestion: You can also work with the song "We are the world: USA for Africa."