Before Folivi ever set foot in a classroom, she was already going to school. Every morning she trailed behind her older sisters, matching their pace down the path so she wouldn't be left behind.
Now she's in second grade, and she still wakes before anyone else in the house. She washes on her own, gets herself ready, and sets out for school before her mother even calls her name.
Teachers hold her up as an example. Not the loudest student, not the fastest. The one who never misses a morning.
Whether mornings like hers are even possible comes down to something simpler than ambition. A child who spends her early hours walking for water arrives at school late, or exhausted, or not at all. A child who doesn't makes it to her desk on time, ready to sit still and learn.
For Folivi, clean water is the difference between a good morning and a school day.