Ati Bah

The first grader little girl, born in 2013, lives in a large family, her parents live together. She is the third of four children and has 3 brothers. The father works in a soap factory, the mother is a housewife. Three children go to school, all at Chérifoula. A blackboard and a notebook emerge from her ragged, worn pink backpack. They eat twice a day. The little girl likes arithmetic. At home she help her mother in cleaning the house. When asked what she likes to play, she answers that she likes learning how to cook. She wants a new bag and textbooks. Tuition fees are difficult to pay, and payments are often missed.