Touching image of a group of students carrying their younger siblings and wading through streams to school
(Baonghean.vn) - Without a bridge, every day dozens of students from the Primary and Kindergarten school in Ca Da village, Bao Thang commune (Ky Son - Nghe An) have to carry each other across the stream to get to class, posing a very high risk of safety during the flood season.
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| Ca Da village (Bao Thang commune - Ky Son) has 2 Khmu residential clusters living along Khe Com river. It is one of the most difficult villages with 103 households and 490 people, of which poor households account for 66%. People's lives mainly depend on slash-and-burn farming, self-sufficiency. Photo: Dao Tho |
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| Until now, the people have not had a bridge to cross the stream. Therefore, every day to go to school, dozens of students of the Primary and Kindergarten located in the village have to wade through the stream. Photo: Dao Tho |
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| Kindergarten children are carried on her back to cross the stream. Photo: Dao Tho |
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| Holding a lunch box in one hand and rolling up their pants in the other, these children have to go to school every day to learn to read and write. Photo: Dao Tho |
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| Bare feet and wet clothes after crossing the stream. Photo: Dao Tho |
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| Many children have gotten used to the situation and cross streams to get to school by themselves. Photo: Dao Tho |
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| Village chief Luong Van Danh said: The most annoying thing is that when it rains, students have to have adults take them across the stream to get to school. It is normal for them to miss a whole week of school during the rainy season. Photo: Provided by local people. |
| Clip wading through streams to school. |
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| Behind all the hardships is the desire to learn and write of the Khmu children. Photo: Dao Tho |
