10 of the Most Dangerous
Journeys to Schools Around
the World
"Many of us have heard the stories of how our parents or grandparents had to
walk miles in the snow to get to school. Perhaps some of these tales were a tad
embellished, but we got the point. A lot of American kids have the luxury of
being driven in a warm car or bus to a good school nearby. This is not the case
for the children in this gallery.
The photos you are about to see are snapshots of the treacherous trips kids
around the world take each day to get an education. Considering there are
currently 61 million children worldwide who are not receiving an education—the
majority of which are girls—these walks are seen as being well worth the risk.
In the above photo, students in Indonesia hold tight while crossing a collapsed
bridge to get to school in Banten village on January 19, 2012. Flooding from the
Ciberang river broke a pillar supporting the suspension bridge, which was built
in 2001."