Find Out What an Education is Worth to These Children

In some rural parts of the world, children have to traverse dangerous roads, hills, and rivers to get to what some take advantage of. Students balance and sometimes hold on for their dear lives to brave the elements and whatever else nature places in their paths so that they could get an education. For some, another route would tack on hours to their journey to school so they undertake the riskier route in order to save time. The good news is that in some cases, the media has done its job by bringing the precarious situations to the public’s attention which prompted surrounding companies to step up to replace fallen or worn structures. To date, the collapsed bridge in Indonesia (above) where children have to balance on wooden planks and steel bars have since been replaced by NGO’s and PT Krakatau Steel, the largest steel producer of the country.

Macheng China

Children have to bring their own desk and chairs to school.

Hubei Province China

A mother and daughter carry a school desk and chair.

Java Indonesia

Children brave an aqueduct crossing.

Bijie, China

Students climb a narrow winding footpath cut into the mountainside.

Pintu Gabang, Indonesia

Children tightrope 30 feet above a river and then walk 7 miles more through a forest.

Sichuan Province, China

Leaning bridge is the only way to town and to school for 4 year old Zi Yi.

Gulu China

Shen Qicai rides a donkey as his grandfather trails behind. From the base, the remote school is located 5 hours halfway up the mountain.

Dahua Yao, China

Students trek up the mountain to their homes only on holidays or when the school year ends as the school is too far for them to travel to everyday. They live in town otherwise.

Ziyun County China

Children attend class in a school built in a cave carved out of wind and water.

Rizal Province, Philippines

Children use inner tubes to cross the river to attend a community school.