ROBYN HAMLYN

At 12 years of age my grade 7 teacher showed our class the documentary Blue Gold: World Water Wars. As I watched this video I saw how people in countries all over the world struggle to have little, if any, fresh water, each day - and that one day, that could be all of us... I went home and told my mother that we had to do something about this and we had to do something now. My mother told me that if I wanted to do something, I could write to our mayor and tell him my concerns. I did. We then went on vacation and when we returned, to our surprise, there was a message on our answering machine from the mayor's secretary saying that Mayor Gerretsen would love to meet with me. I was so excited! After the excitement wore off, I got to work on what I would talk about in our meeting. I had one shot at talking to him and I wanted to make it count. I didn't want him to tell me that I shouldn't worry, that Kingston's water was fine and then have him send me on my way with a few tips on how to..