Class
4
Born in
2014
A girl born in 2014 lives in a foster family with five children, far from her biological parents and siblings, who live in the countryside. She is being raised by her uncle’s large family. The uncle works in a mattress factory, and the foster mother is a homemaker. Neither her parents nor her relatives have attended school. Meals are served twice a day. Salimata is a good child, although sometimes a bit hard-headed and stubborn. She helps a lot at home, cleaning, washing dishes, and doing laundry. In her free time, she studies. Salimata enjoys going to school, and her favorite subject is math. She does not have any school supplies. She has many friends, with whom she plays circle dances and jump rope games. She loves singing and dancing. She dreams of having textbooks.