Barefoot Teachers
The lack of adequate transportation, the shortage of basic needs and the remoteness of an area, have caused many teachers to think twice before agreeing to be posted at some of the nation's far-flung areas. As a consequence, the local children are deprived of a chance at getting an education of any kind. However, three dedicated teachers rose to the challenge, sacrificing comfort and the easy life, to ensure that children in their areas can have access to learning, and grow. Tempo English reports from the provinces of East Nusa Tenggara, West Papua and Bali.
May 6, 2014
Inexpensive School on Remote Island
Nurdin Hasal founded an Islamic junior high school on Ende Island. Now children there do not have to leave the island for an education.
The light of a street lamp in Rengamange village in Ende regency, East Nusa Tenggara, was dimming under the morning sunlight. From the behind the dew-drenched window, Muhammad Aprisal, 15, put on his uniform. He smelled fragrant from soap he used that morning. Ready with his
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