Some of the Most Dangerous Walks To School In The World

Someone says education is expensive. Would you rather try ignorance? Definitely in Nigeria even in the remotest part of the country, you cannot find anything close. We are indeed blessed. Take a look at what these poor kids go through to acquire education. They have to travel the most dangerous walks to school in the world.

                                                Padang School – Indonesia

  To reach the school in Padang, many children have to cross this collapsed bridge by shuffling along a tightrope wire that is thirty feet above a flowing river. But their adventure doesn’t end there, they also have to walk a further seven miles through a dense tropical forest.

                                
                           Zhang Jiawan Village School – Southern China

 

 What was once a great village defense has now become a hindrance as children have to descend unsecured ladders to reach their school. And at the end of the day it is one hell of a climb to get home.

                                   Plempungan Village School – Indonesia

 

 School children have started using this aqueduct as means to reach their school. It separates the Suro Village and Plempungan Village in Java and was never really meant to be used as a crossing point.
Despite it’s danger, students prefer to take the risk of crossing the aqueduct rather than the long six kilometer walk around.

                               Sanghiang Tanjung Village School – Indonesia

 This bridge that sits over the Ciberang River was destroyed in a severe storm but it doesn’t stop the children trying to cross it to get to school. After the story about this school journey went viral an Indonesian steel company has offered to build the locals a new bridge.

                                                 Remote School In Colombia

 The only way for kids to get to school in a remote part of the Columbian rainforest is via a steel cable. The children have to zipline along the 800 meter cable and can reach speeds up to 50mph.
The picture below by photographer Christoph Otto shows a young girl carrying her younger brother in a sack as he is too young to use the zipline alone.

                                               Boarding School – Pili, China

 80 Children study at a Pili boarding school but the journey home at the end of term is a dangerous one. The students have to walk 125 miles home over dangerous mountains, chain bridges and single plank bridges. They also have to wade through four freezing rivers. The journey home takes two days to complete.

 

                                                 Decun village School – China

I honestly salute the courage of these children but I'd rather be a stark illiterate than try any of those.

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