Krista

Hi, my name is Adanna and I am 11 years old. I live in Sudan and I love to play. I live with my 2 brothers and 2 sisters. My 2 brothers' names are Suleyman and Ibrihim. Suleyman is 15 and Ibrihim is 17. They both always help out to get food and things when our mom and dad are really tired. My mom's name is Namal and my dad's name is Amahad. They are very nice people. My mom is 35 years old and my dad is 38 years old. I live in south Sudan. My home is okay but we don’t have an air conditioner and it is very hot. We only have 2 meals a day. We have breakfast and dinner. My family earns its money by growing a lot of crops and selling some of them but we need to keep some for ourselves. We get about 35 dollars a day but it depends on how much crops we sell.

In the morning, I get up and go to the bathroom and brush my teeth. We have to make our own toothbrushes. It is very hard to make the toothbrushes; it usually takes about 2 hours to make them. Then, I go into my room and get dressed into my clothes. Then, I go outside and make things to play with like sticks and bows and arrows but the bows and arrows are not real. They are just for play. Then, I go to a place and get fresh water for my family. Then, we eat our breakfast. We have flat bread and oatmeal.

In the afternoon, I go play some more and relax but now my brothers go get the water for the family. Then, while we were waiting for the water, we all played a fun family game. Then, when my brothers come back we drink 5 cups of water each and then sometimes we have to go back and get more. Then, we don’t have lunch so we just keep cleaning until the house is nice and neat.

For nighttime, we eat dinner. We have mashed potatoes and some vegetables and bean soup. They were very good. Then, we cleaned up our table.