22 minutes agoA Dangerous Mountain Road to School
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Podujevo, October-Aurela and Melese Feta, third-grader from Podujevo Penuha, daily take 30 minutes to attend lessons in the village of Blica. These nine-year-olds haven't had the luck of having school in their village. As a result, they are forced to walk the mountain to keep [...]
The greatest danger for them and 40 other Penuha students occur during the winter season, when dogs often appear on the way, writes today “Koha Ditore”.
The greatest desire for these students is to build a school in their village. Currently, essential solutions see road regulation and transportation security for the neighboring village.
I and the uncle's daughter, Aurella, go to school at 8:15, and at 09 a.m., we start school. We always travel on foot. We join other children and leave for school because when we are less afraid of”, Melesa says.
The road through the mountain
About 30 minutes to the village of Blica, Elina Jedrela, a seventh - grade student, is also taking them daily. It shows that on rare occasions, when the parent is able to send her by car, she must go on foot in most cases.
Cars from Penuha to Blica take a few minutes because some villages must be passed. This, since the road through the mountain is impassable for cars.
I'm going to have to drive around, because this way we're going, it's a problem, because the road's really bad and it doesn't come out. We have to walk because we have no choice. Winters are very scary, because we often get to be”,schrell relates.
