Costa Rica Bicycle Program Aims to Help Rural Students Reach School

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A bicycle program in Costa Rica is being implemented to assist rural students in reaching their schools by providing bikes. The program aims to reduce the hardship of long distances and improve school attendance among children in remote communities.

For children in Costa Rica’s most remote communities, the distance between home and school is not measured in minutes. It is measured in hours of walking along dirt paths, through hills, and across rivers, with no guarantee of arriving on time, dry, or safe. For many, that daily reality becomes the reason they stop going […] The post Costa Rica Bicycle Program Aims to Help Rural Students Reach School appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

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