Education in the Simien Mountains
Education in the Simien Mountains
The progress of the work at Sona Here we are at the beginning of December, back at Sona where we can see the progress of the work, the foundations of the first building are almost finished, and the space for the second has been cleared. The sand and...
A little gift for you: https://youtu.be/eOGKo1YQYnU
We are pleased to introduce our first Ambassador, who is very involved in our support of education in Ethiopia in the mountains of Simien It was in 2017 that Jean-Charles Cotting chose to become an ambassador for the foundation...
Mountain farmers - from Sona (Ethiopia) to the Diablerêts
It is a FIFAD tradition to devote an afternoon to the situation of mountain farmers. Climbers meet them on their way up without seeing them. And yet their situation is sometimes very worrying. Why do some of our farmers choose to die? How can we give them the support, help and relief they need? And elsewhere, how are things going? Let's try to answer with 3 films.
Alptraum - from Manuel Lobaire at 13:00
Alta, by Lionel Charlet
Children in the Cloud, by Hervé Doulat / Eric Collet at 14:30
Original footage shot for FIFAD 2017 in Sona, a farming town situated at an altitude of 3500m on a rolling plateau bordering the Simien Mountains National Park in Ethiopia. Eric Collet and Hervé Doulat met while trekking in these mountains. They fell in love with this region of some 10,000 inhabitants who live from agriculture in extreme poverty and difficult climatic conditions.
Our two travellers decided to get involved and created the Children in the Cloud Foundation to support the education of children from this population with limited resources and excluded from all forms of development and economic aid.
Come and share this afternoon
We are pleased to present the Children in the Cloud logo created by Svetlana Holzner, whom we thank with all our heart. Her dedication to the foundation is amazing!!!
During our April trip to Sona, we finalized the 3 year project, 2 buildings with 4 classrooms for 400 students, one building for the library, one for the administration and 2 toilet blocks. At the beginning...
Asmaretch is a 10 year old girl, living on the high plateau of Sona at 3500 m altitude. She is one of the most studious and promising students of the school on which the Children in the Cloud Foundation...