20 Incredible Ways Kids Risk Their Lives To Get To School

Every day, we complain about our commutes to work, sitting in rush-hour traffic, getting stuck in airports, not getting a seat on the bus, or having to walk a few blocks before finding a taxi. We think we have it bad, but can you conceive having to cross broken bridges hanging high above dangerous rapids? Imagine hiking for miles through deadly mountains, or riding on top of a bus in the pollution and hot sun, with dirt and bugs in your face!

 

The following images show kids risking their lives to get to school through the most extreme conditions. The dedication and struggle of these children, to do whatever it takes to get to class and learn, falls nothing short of truly inspirational.

1. Riding Bikes Across Deadly Narrow Bridges - Philippines

via Panjalu Images / Barcroft Media

via MOHAMMAD ALI / EPA

2. Sittings On Top of a Jeepney Through Dangerous Roads - Philippines

via wheninmanila

3. Floating On Inner Tire Tubes To Cross the River - Philippines

via Bullit Marquez /AP

via Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA 

4. Riding on the Back of an Ox - Myanmar

via Andrey

5. Crossing A Damaged Suspension Bridge - Indonesia

via REUTERS Blog/Beawiharta

6. Squeezing 7 Onto a Single Motorbike

via Information Nigeria

7. 125-Mile Journey Scaling Across Dangerous Cliff-Sides - China

via CEN

8. Shimmying Across a 30-Feet-High Tight Rope - Indonesia

via Panjalu Images / Barcroft Media

9. Standing On Top & Hanging From All Sides of A Train - India

via f169bbs

10. Flying 800m Across A 400m High Steel Cable - Colombia

via Christoph Otto

11. Canoeing To School - Riau, Indonesia

via Nico Fredia

12. Crossing a Broken Bridge In The Snow - Sichuan, China

via Imaginechina / Rex Features

13. Dangling off the side of a Tuktuk - Beldanga, India

via Dilwar Mandal

14. Hiking Through The Himalayas - Zanskar, Indian Himalayas

via Timothy Allen

15. Climbing Up Unsafe Wooden Ladders - China

via Imaginachina/Rex Features

16. Traveling On The Roof Of A Wooden Boat - Pangururan, Indonesia

via Muhammad Buchari

17. Traveling Through The Forest Across A Tree Root Bridge - India

via The Atlantic

18. Clinging to Rocks Over Freezing Cold Rivers -China

via 21region

19. Crossing the River By Boat - Kerala, India

via Santosh Sugumar

20. Walking Through Rubble of Destroyed Buildings During War - Syria

via dailymail

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