October 2020 Interim Report In keeping with its commitment to transparency, the Children in the Cloud Foundation is pleased to present its October 2020 Interim Report. This report gives an account of the latest...
Category: works
The work is progressing, despite the difficulties!
The COVID 19 health crisis, even if for the moment it has not hit African countries and Ethiopia in particular too hard, has nevertheless had a strong impact on the progress of the work. Indeed, the restrictions of the...
The Foundation's activities during the Coronavirus epidemic - Covid19
Measures taken by the Foundation to continue building the school at Sona and support the local population during the pandemic.
Report of our trip to Sona
From the 24th to the 27th of April we went to Sona (Simien massif - Ethiopia) to follow the construction site of the school and to make sure that the buildings would be ready for the next school year. This...
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Water has arrived at the school!
After 5 days of intensive work, led by Ignacio Larrain and local teams, the water has reached the Sona school! This is a decisive stage in the progress of the school's construction, and in the development of the local community. It's a transitional stage, however, because a temporary system has been put in place, with the emphasis on speed of execution in order to supply the school site as quickly as possible.
Water installation video
Water, a vital issue in Simien too!
The Simien massif is also nicknamed " Africa's water tower" "The Blue Nile has its source here, as well as a multitude of creeks and streams that make the Simien mountains very green despite their high altitude. The Blue Nile has its source there, as well as a multitude of streams and torrents that make the Simien mountains very green despite their high altitude. One can easily find, on certain slopes, numerous springs and resurgences. The plateau of Sona is richly endowed with them. But in spite of this, young girls and women spend hours every day to supply the family home with water. This difficulty in accessing water, despite the region's abundant resources, has many consequences.
First and foremost, it's a tiring task for the women, who from the age of 10 onwards have to go back and forth between the spring and their homes. Every day, they spend several hours fetching water.
The difficulties in obtaining water mean that its uses are of course limited. Drinking and feeding are naturally the priority. Sanitary use comes next and is inevitably limited, which is not without its problems.
Finally, the feeding of livestock and the watering of vegetable gardens are also very limited, playing negatively on the diversity of the diet, which remains essentially composed of barley.
Sona school: the place of water in the project
The Children in the Cloud Foundation is dedicating resources to the issue of water. We are pleased to have the support and highly qualified involvement of Cédric Egger (hydrogeologist) and Ignacio Larrain which has taken on the management of this aspect of the school project. Here is the Foundation's water action plan:
- December 2018: hydrogeological studies by Cédric Egger, Ignacio Larrain and Eric Collet.
- January 2019: implementation of the temporary catchment in a river 650m from the school. Installation of a pump powered by solar panels
- March-April 2019: provisional preparation of the remote source of 2 km to assess the flow of water at the end of the dry season
- June - September 2019: definition of the final installation and work planning
- October 2019 - February 2020: finalization of the spring catchment, installation of the underground piping after the harvest, installation of the tank at the school
It's up to you!
To carry out all the Foundation's projects we still need your support!
Many thanks for your support and our very best wishes for the New Year!
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...
The school comes out of the ground: what a thrill!
Here we are, back from our 6th trip to Sona with the aim, for the first time, of seeing the progress of the work. Almost 3 years, to the day, after our first contact with the community of the top...