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Whatever happened to the floating schools of Bangladesh?

Whatever happened to the floating schools of Bangladesh?WorldPing

It was a light bulb moment: If monsoon rains keep kids from safely getting to school, let's create a floating school to pick them up! Bangladesh pioneered the idea. How's it doing?

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