Children are betting lives, to get to school.

More than 20 students of State Elementary School (SDN) No 101976 Bandarkuala Village, Galang District, Deliserdang Regency, North Sumatra (North Sumatra) have to bet every day to leave and go home from school. Considering they had to cross the Crocodile River to school.

Dozens of elementary students are residents of Hamlet Manggis, Village Buntubulat, Serbajadi District, Serdangbedagai District. The remote access roads that connect villages with schools, forcing students to cross the Crocodile River, which is more than 70 meters wide.

Crossing Sungai Buaya was chosen by the students as a solution to get to school on time with less duration of time and mileage. The severity of land routes is also difficult to reach for elementary students due to damaged roads. The struggle is not yet there, they still have to pass the palm oil plantation owned by a private company.

Known, every day the elementary school students are using a bamboo raft made by the surrounding community. Approaching the riverbanks, the students had to take off their shoes, roll up the pants until they lifted the bags so they would not get wet.

However, in fact they remain so wet up to the school until the time in the classroom during the learning process takes place. In fact, not infrequently and has become a common sight for other students see the boys from Buntubulat with clothes and shoes are wet.

Despite having the courage to cross the river, not infrequently the students should be absent and school holidays when the surface of the tidal stream or flood. Students who are too young are forced to do so for the sake of hope and aspiration as an educated person in the future.

"Living in Buntubulat, Class six.If school ride on rafts and often miss the raft.If the flood sometimes go to school sometimes not," said one student Jumhana Purba,
The student chose to go home by wading through the river without using a raft. As a result uniform and body elementary school students were submerged to sedada. In fact, not infrequently the boys work together rowing without one adult even when leaving for school. "If you come home, you can ride your own raft because adults do not exist," he said.
Currently the elementary school students and the surrounding community hope that the authorities can build a bridge connecting. The hope is solely for the generation of the nation to go to school easily and safely. At least, the construction of bridges can be used by residents to transport agricultural products and other interests.
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