Wow, how scary in so many ways. The possibility of suffocation from the bag, being swept away in the river etc. These people helping and these children making these dangerous trips surely are dedicated. Something seriously does need to be done and soon. EDIT: a bridge did end up getting built after this video surfaced but 2 months after completion the new bridge was destroyed by flood waters.

That video was from 7 years ago. As far as I know they started surveying the land and began the bridge building project a year ago. (The collapsed bridge is from a different location).

When you think how much these kids are willing to ensure in order to learn it makes kids in the "first world" look so ungrateful when they complain about things like uniforms and homework. (To be fair to them, modern kids in developed countries do tend to get more "stick" than they deserve. The pressure on them to do well is immense.)

Well same story goes in my country especially those that lives in rural or isolated parts of the country wherein children goes to school by walking several kilometers through rivers and mountain that when it rains it's really dangerous for the rapid rivers and slippery mountain ridges. Government can't build closer schools to them because of lack of funds and staffs that wants to be designated to them.

Why not instead of 50 kids hiking 5 hours, we get one or two teachers to just move there? Or travel to the village every day themselves? I’m talking a couple adults vs. 50 children. Not that commenting here will help lol.

I have seen pictures how they are building fabulous buildings but yet these children have to do this just to get an education then walk almost 9.5 miles. I watched the film thinking would a American kid go through this for an education? Is this a daily event?

That looks so dangeruos!

So mom was lying about putting a plastic bag over my head.

"Having survived the crossing, a hike of about 5 hours over 15km of slippery forest roads awaits them." That... is not practical at all.

When I was 13 I remember buliding a rope bridge across a canyon with some friends one summer. We even made (some of) our own rope.

This bag is not a toy.

I hope the government or a third party does something to fix the problem. I wonder how many kids where lost due to the strong currents in the river?

they built a bridge in 2014. :D http://dtinews.vn/en/news/024/33892/crossing-stream-by-plastic-bags-clip-prompts-ministry-to-build-bridge.html

I really hope the world improves in future years. It's sad to see these kind of situations, glad they're making the best out of it.. :/

Documentaries: Born in Gaza, The War Show and Last Men In Aleppo. "The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion, but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence...". Samuel Huntington. Gaza 2014. 507 children killed and 3,598 wounded. 80% of Gaza's population depends on humanitarian aid. More than 400,000 children need psychological support in Gaza. Once again WH supports a dictator who kills his own people: Bashar al-Assad (Syria) against the Islamic State. WH still kills innocent civilians (Vietnam, Gaza and Syria). Israel did not learn anything from World War II. Gaza is a concentration camp. The International Criminal Court never judged the crimes of the United States and Israel. The International Criminal Court is useless. The opinions of American Press about Israel and Palestinians are incomplete. The American Press is bootlicker of WH.

These are the type of stories I like to share with my students whenever they talk about how stupid school is, or when they complain about having having to be there. After those 200 plus girls were kidnapped in Nigeria, I said one of the most extraordinary things to me was all the girls that got up the next morning, and still went to school. They knew full well that they

50 children? For god's sake, that village needs a couple of teachers and a school. Get it done!

It's not luck...we built our bridges....but I hope they build one because this looks dangerous!