Most Dangerous Ways to School

Torrential rain and more than 4000 meters above sea level are not the only challenges that nature has placed on the dangerous school route of the youngest inhabitants of the village Kumpur The children of this tiny tribe must walk for over 2 hours then cross the dangerous river Trishuli It is a brutal march and they walk it every day just to obtain a tiny iota of education

Over 30 degrees Celsius barefoot and walking a distance of over 10 kilometers For the children of Massai people in Kenya this is the daily way to school Their way to school takes them through the Dorn Savanna past the elephants and the hyenas All this for just one goal to get to school

The way to school takes 4 daysnbsp It is so long that the children only travel it four times each year They go to a boarding school Twice there and back 100 kilometers 4 000 meters above sea level and in temperatures below minus 30 degrees

On the Titicaca Lake in Peru 3800 meters above sea level totora reeds make life possible The Uros that live here build everything from these plants and live on islands made from these totora reeds Their children paddle every day in selfmade boats to school some for hours at a time This is the way to school for the fascinating unusual culture of the Uros

Oymyakon located in eastern part of Russias Sakha Republic is known as the worlds Pole of Cold Nevertheless every morning the children march to school making their way by temperatures of 50 degrees Celsius Such circumstances would seem completely inconceivable for kids in other regions but in the coldest town in the world it is the beginning of an ordinary day

6yearold Looita and his sister Khadigas route to school is many kilometers long They are confronted with much more than just astounding heat Not one shadow offers coolness water is a rare and expensive commodity Even if a breath of wind blows through the desert it most often quickly evolves into a sandstorm But they deal with this every day so they can go to school

Every morning the three sisters Julia Yulissa and Kenya climb into their dugout in order to row to school They live on the east coast of Nicaragua one of the worlds poorest countries They must row across the Rio Escondido one of the most dangerous routes to their school They must struggle against the current and ensure their tattered dugout does not sink at any minute