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India's Answer To Nigeria's Makoko Floating School [pics] by liveyourlife: 10:11pm On Dec 30, 2014




In India and Bangladesh they have something like our rainy season called the monsoon season.

During this season the rains are unending. The roads become impossible to pass because of all of the water. This forces almost 4,000 schools in the county to close for days, weeks, or even months at a time. Children miss quite a bit of schooling because of the rains. The nonprofit company Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha has taken a look at this issue and came up with a solution - floating schools

The idea was first put into use in 1998 when Mohammed Rezwan took $500 of his own money and built a boat that would end up being used as a floating school. The government did not want to get involved with this venture because they felt that the areas where the schools were flooding were the most impoverished anyway. Rezwan’s project was a hit and he soon found funding in the Global Fund for Children and the Bill and Melinda
Gates Fund.

He has done excellent work and now operates 54 different floating schools, libraries, and health clinics.

Each of the boats have a unique design and have a lot of technology on board. Solar panels line the outside of the boat so that there is electricity for lights and computers. All of these boats now help over 97,000 people.

There are 300 volunteers, 48 boat drivers, and 61 teachers who currently staff the boats.
Rezwan plans on building 100 more over the course of the next five years. He estimates that this will help at least another 100,000 people.
UNICEF spoke about this initiative and felt that it was absolutely necessary in countries like this.




Source: http://www.theblackhomeschool.com/2014/11/24/kids-get-education-through-innovative-floating-school-after-natural-disasters/


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Re: India's Answer To Nigeria's Makoko Floating School [pics] by Ruq: 5:22am On Dec 31, 2014
Good, they just gotta pray Titanic doesn't happen cuz Jack won't save no one.
Re: India's Answer To Nigeria's Makoko Floating School [pics] by gunuvi(m): 6:29am On Dec 31, 2014
Ruq:
Good, they just gotta pray Titanic doesn't happen cuz Jack won't save no one.
Hehehehe. You funny die.
Re: India's Answer To Nigeria's Makoko Floating School [pics] by Emmanuel602(m): 9:07am On Dec 31, 2014
That Is innovation

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Re: India's Answer To Nigeria's Makoko Floating School [pics] by Qu3sT(m): 9:40am On Dec 31, 2014
It's things like this that makes one have faith in humanity. Keep up the good work.
Re: India's Answer To Nigeria's Makoko Floating School [pics] by tosingcfr(m): 10:52am On Dec 31, 2014
Quite impressive and innovative
Re: India's Answer To Nigeria's Makoko Floating School [pics] by osamaBUSH(m): 2:43pm On Dec 31, 2014
Ok
Re: India's Answer To Nigeria's Makoko Floating School [pics] by liveyourlife: 3:39pm On Dec 31, 2014
tosingcfr:
Quite impressive and innovative

Yeah. Really INNOVATIVE. The world needs more of these
Re: India's Answer To Nigeria's Makoko Floating School [pics] by liveyourlife: 12:49am On Jan 03, 2015
Qu3sT:
It's things like this that makes one have faith in humanity. Keep up the good work.

What's your account number? Just kidding.
Re: India's Answer To Nigeria's Makoko Floating School [pics] by liveyourlife: 12:51am On Jan 03, 2015
Qu3sT:
It's things like this that makes one have faith in humanity. Keep up the good work.


What's your account number? Just kidding.
Re: India's Answer To Nigeria's Makoko Floating School [pics] by liveyourlife: 11:20am On Jan 10, 2015
Ruq:
Good, they just gotta pray Titanic doesn't happen cuz Jack won't save no one.

Has Titanic happened at Makoko?

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