Sie müssen stundenlang marschieren, ja sogar klettern oder schwimmen, um in die Schule zu gelangen: Die Dokumentationsreihe "Die gefährlichsten Schulwege der Welt" zeigt Kinder aus der ganzen Welt, die ihren Schulweg unter extremen Bedingungen zurücklegen. Die kleinen Helden schrecken weder vor Eiseskälte noch tiefen Abgründen zurück, kämpfen gegen Überschwemmungen, begegnen wilden Tieren und haben doch nur ein Ziel vor Augen: ein besseres Leben.
In northern Colombia, the landscape is marked by water and seemingly endless expanses. Every day, the children who live there face this rough, unpredictable wilderness – with just one goal in mind: making it to school. Because this is their chance to break out of poverty and create a better life. Like the ten year old Kendys and the other schoolchildren.
For this, they subject themselves to a daily dose of danger. Some of them must cross a ramshackle bridge that could collapse at any moment. Like the ten year old Kendys and some other schoolchildren. One false step and they could drown or break their legs.
The children face all this under tough conditions. The temperature is already 34 degrees Celsius in the morning, with humidity at 97 percent. In order to get closer to their wishes and dreams, each day these children carry not only a backpack, but also the fear – on one of the world’s most dangerous ways to school.
