Dangerous journeys to school...

As we are alternating between droughts and severe flooding the last few months in Zambia, sometimes our students have incredibly difficult journeys to school. Recently, I revisited this article showing some of the world’s most dangerous and unusual journeys to school -- http://www.boredpanda.com/dangerous-journey-to-school/.

One of the crossing points between Chisala and Kachewele Community School during rainy season

As before, I was stunned by some of the images. Across the world – in China, India, Indonesia, Colombia, Philippines – students navigate rivers, boulders, forests, and canyons, just to get to their schools. It was a sobering look at how far students and families are willing to go to ensure the chance to learn. Beyond that – it was a more serious reminder that even without physical distance and terrain as an obstacle, millions of families across the globe fight to give their children an education. Today, some of our colleagues in the education space continue to work in conflict zones under perilous conditions in order to ensure children everywhere have access to an education.

For our scholars in Zambia, Impact Network owes these students and families a quality education when they arrive at their destinations. It means that we are accountable to them, and the incredible lengths they will go to in order to give their children an education. Whatever each of us are contributing to this organization and our schools – whether you are a teacher, a part of the management staff in Zambia, a board member, a funder – each of us is responsible to the students in our schools, and the families that endure to send them to us. Let’s make sure we succeed in our parts – no matter how big or small.