Walking

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Walking
to school
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School is important. At school you can learn
things that will help you when you are
older. But many children around the world do not
have the opportunity to go to school.
CAFOD works with communities all around the
world in lots of different ways. One way is to
work with families so that they are able to send
their children to school.
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Hi, my name is Joe and Ilive in London.I walk
to school everyday. Part of my journey is through
the park! Do you walk to school? How long does
your journey take?
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If it takes you 10 minutes to walk to school your
journey is the same as Erik in Honduras.
Hi my name is Erik and I am eleven years old. I
live in Honduras in Latin America. I like
school and when I grow up I want to be a
mechanic. When I am not at school I look after
my cow and I also take care of the fish in our
fish tank. We have 50 of them and we grow them to
eat.
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If it takes you 30 minutes to walk to school your
journey is the same as Amira and Ekram in
Southern Sudan.
Hello! Im Amira and Im 10 years old. This is my
sister Ekram, shes 8. In 2001 our school had to
close because there was fighting. Now it is safe
for us to travel to school again, which makes me
very happy! Before, only boys were allowed to go
to school but now nearly one third of the
children at my school are girls. I am learning
English at school and at home I speak Arabic.
Photo ref BGT33535
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If it takes you more than an hour to walk to
school then your journey is similar to Ganggang
in the Philippines.
Hi my name is Ganggang and I am 12 years old. I
have a long walk to school every day. It takes me
two and a half hours to get there. I leave at 7am
and get to school after nine. There is a group of
us that walk together. It's very tiring! I
like school though and I'd like to be a teacher
when I grow up. Maths is my favourite class. At
home I help by washing the clothes and fetching
water from the well. My favourite game is
playing tag with my friend who lives next door.
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Erik, Amira, Ekram and Ganggangare all able to
go to school. But some children cant go to
school. Lets visit Zambia where CAFOD has been
working together with villagers to make sure
their children can still have lessons even when
it isnt safe for them to travel to school.
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When the heavy rains cut of the remote village of
Kalisowe in Southern Zambia the children had
lessons with a difference! It was too dangerous
to walk to school as the rivers were very full
and the children could not cross them safely.
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CAFOD has worked with the Chikuni Radio station
so the children can have their lessons broadcast
over the air waves to their radio school!
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Remember Erik, Amira, Ekram, Ganggang and the
children at the radio school in Zambia when you
are walking to school.
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www.cafod.org.uk/primary Photos by Marcella
Haddad, Annie Bungeroth, Simon Rawles and
Caroline Irby August 2007