I wish the people who use our coffee could give us a better market We can't survive All I want is to go to school.". The summit had not even begun but the spinning had already started. With the leaders of the G8 rich nations still en route to Gleneagles, government advisers and poverty action groups were already starting to point the finger of blame last night. All of the major players at today's summit know that whatever deal is struck on aid for Africa, the harder task will be to convince a wider public, buoyed by the euphoria of the Live8 concerts, that it will deliver enough real cash to make poverty history.
My favourite subjects were English, Swahili and maths." Rehema's ambition is to become a farmer or perhaps a businesswoman in her local village, Mingoyo. In the meantime, she helps her mother around the house and tries to keep up her studies. "I still take my books during the day and try to read to remind myself what I used to learn," she says "Our life is very hard. I'd like to see changes."UgandaBruno and Michael, 15Bruno and Michael have dropped out of secondary school in Mpigi because the family's coffee sales no longer bring in enough money to pay the fees "I can't be successful. I can't have a better future if I don't go to school," says Bruno "I will just be left here, growing a little food I was sent home from school They need the money for their salaries.
"If they really want to help Africa then it is a very good thing," she said "They should help girls in countries like ours. I am unhappy that I only started my education nine months ago. I want to be a teacher, if that will be possible -I shall keep trying."South AfricaTokozile Ngqungqa, 15Tokozile already thinks about the end of her life. She understands little of the G8, or the aims of Live8, but is certain of one thing: she needs help now "I am too poor to be bothered by music," she says "If Mr Blair's aid comes later, it might not reach me I will be dead." Her parents diedwhen she was 10.