--- title: Save the Children: Superhero PSA description: "She flies in the clouds, and she gives us water." canonical: https://time.com/3517989/save-the-children-psa-superheroes/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-17T20:42:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:53.573Z og:title: This Touching PSA Reveals the Identity of Children's True Superheroes og:description: "She flies in the clouds, and she gives us water." og:url: https://time.com/3517989/save-the-children-psa-superheroes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7a5fddcc946d999/6987617f06f2c13e57331739/screen-shot-2014-10-17-at-4-18-54-pm.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-10-17 at 4.18.54 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Touching PSA Reveals the Identity of Children's True Superheroes twitter:description: "She flies in the clouds, and she gives us water." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7a5fddcc946d999/6987617f06f2c13e57331739/screen-shot-2014-10-17-at-4-18-54-pm.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch These Amazing Kids Talk About Their Real-Life Superheroes by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 17, 2014 8:42 PM UTC  Save The Children by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Oct 17, 2014 8:42 PM UTC Real heroes don’t necessarily wear tights. But they do have superpowers. Here’s how kids in some of the toughest places on earth describe their heroes, the aid workers who bring relief from hunger, disease and illiteracy: “She flies in the clouds, and she gives us water.” “He came and destroyed the mosquitos.” “They did something magical, and the maize grew from the ground.” For “[Superheroes: Eyewitness Reports](http://www.savethechildren.net/raceforsurvival/),” Save the Children sent a documentary film crew to three continents to ask children about the heroes who swoop into their lives. The kids respond joyfully in their own languages making this PSA a sharp departure from more traditional international aid organization spots that feature silent children with big eyes and swollen bellies. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3517989/save-the-children-psa-superheroes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3517989/save-the-children-psa-superheroes/"},"headline":"Watch These Amazing Kids Talk About Their Real-Life Superheroes","datePublished":"2014-10-17T20:42:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:53.573Z","description":"\"She flies in the clouds, and she gives us water.\"","url":"https://time.com/3517989/save-the-children-psa-superheroes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society","Children","Family","Advertising","health"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7a5fddcc946d999/6987617f06f2c13e57331739/screen-shot-2014-10-17-at-4-18-54-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta7a5fddcc946d999/6987617f06f2c13e57331739/screen-shot-2014-10-17-at-4-18-54-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-10-17 at 4.18.54 PM","caption":"","creditText":"Save The Children","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3517989/save-the-children-psa-superheroes/","name":"Watch These Amazing Kids Talk About Their Real-Life Superheroes"}}]}] ```