portable schools
A portable school can be dismantled in just a few hours. The school can then be moved and reassembled in a safer location. This comes in handy in a changing world where soil erosion and floods are increasingly affecting children's daily lives. Like in Bangladesh.
Why portable schools are needed in Bangladesh
In northern Bangladesh, in the Jamuna River delta, people live on sand islands. The islands in the delta are volatile and prone to recurrent floods and other natural disasters. As a result, it has not been possible to establish infrastructure such as electricity supply, roads, school buildings and clinics there. Here, it is far from obvious that children have access to education.
When the school receives reports that the weather and conditions might threaten the school, they can dismantle it in just a couple of hours and move it to a safer location.
portable schools empower children
Erikshjälpen works together with the organization Friendship in Bangladesh to enable children to go to school despite the climate disasters that constantly threaten the country. portable schools are one of the efforts that strengthen children's right to education, health and safety and protection in northwestern and northern Bangladesh. On the page Portable school - from dismantling to construction, you can see how it works.
How to involve children in the change
portable schools - have proven to be a successful way to reach children living in the most inaccessible and climate-vulnerable areas. Investing in children's education on crisis and disaster preparedness and their rights has also proven to be a success factor. Through their new knowledge, children themselves become involved in changing not only their own future but also entire communities.
Girls at risk of being married off when not studying
It is particularly difficult for girls. Instead of being given the opportunity to continue studying, many risk being married off. If one in the family is married off, there is one less mouth to feed. Other girls risk missing large parts of their education because the road to school is long and dangerous or because they prefer to stay at home rather than go to school due to a lack of sanitation and the possibility of good hygiene during periods.
Children's own stories
"I want to stay in school - not get married"
Hiramoni Mosammat is a ninth grader at Sannashir Char Secondary School, in Bangladesh. Here she tells us in her own words about when her family wanted to marry her off earlier this year.
"I want to stay in school - not get married"
Children's own stories
My dream of becoming a teacher
Mim is in grade five at Friendship Primary School Khamarbashpata. She loves school, especially English and is very involved in school activities. Her biggest dream is to continue her studies.
Mim dreams of becoming a teacher
Mim Akter. Photo: Anton Eriksson
Children's own stories
Shamin has had to move several times
Out in the Jamuna River delta lies the island of Batikamari. As soon as you step ashore here, you'll notice that the river's waters control the conditions on the island. Shamin lives here on Batikamari. He is 12 years old and attends the school supported by Erikshjälpen.
Shamin has had to move several times
Shahim. Photo: Anton Eriksson
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