Asmaretch is a 10-year-old girl living on the high plateau of Sona at an altitude of 3,500 metres. She is one of the most studious and promising pupils at the school on which the Children in the Cloud Foundation works. We suggest you to discover his typical day, as we have discovered and studied it to better understand the needs of the children of Sona.
After a night spent with his brothers and sisters on the upper floor above the stable, it's time to make coffee for the family: build the fire, wash the green coffee, roast it, then grind it finely. Heat the water, then pour in the ground coffee and bring it to the boil before pouring it into the cups.
It will be accompanied by a barley cake called Injara for breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, as lunch is often neglected because of work in the fields, for example, or school! Then it's time to sweep the hut before fetching water from the river.
It takes 20 minutes to get down there. The sun rises and the path, dotted with flowers on the sides, leads through the rye fields. She fills the 20-litre plastic container and straps it to her shoulders and takes the steep path home.
It's time to leave for school with her hand-sewn bag containing her belongings. It's a half-hour walk, and she meets her friends along the way. The school brings together all the children from the hamlets of Sona, and no fewer than 450 pupils will be there for the morning, some taking more than 2 hours!
After the salute to the flag and a message from the school headmaster, it's off to class until 1pm. The children sit on benches made of roughly pruned eucalyptus poles. There are no tables, they write on their knees, following the lessons given by the schoolmistress, or they learn the lessons by heart.
In the afternoon, housework. Today she's grinding linseed to make an oil paste that will be used as cooking oil. We can't afford to buy it.
Then, next to his mother, who looks after the little ones while cooking potatoes on the stove for 
At supper, Asmaretch makes basketry, which will be sold in Arkwazie on market day.
After supper, potatoes on rye cake with a spicy sauce, the family members tell about their day, it's time to share.
Everyone is together, the father, the mother and the grandchildren. Then it's time for bed. There's no electricity, so we live by the rhythm of the sun. Asmaretch joins her bed with her brothers and sisters for a well-deserved night's sleep.
