Two sisters in western El Salvador are taking their love of learning to great heights: every day they climb a mountain, then scramble up an olive tree to get a signal to access their online college lessons. The seventh and eighth of 10 children, these ladies are aiming to be the first members of their family to graduate from the state University of El Salvador. Finding the young woman on a path leading to a lush olive tree, “my first impression was that something had happened to her,” Ruiz told AFP. When not studying, the sisters sell bread at the weekend to help out their father, who grows sweetcorn, beans and squash. The coronavirus pandemic has left 463 million children worldwide unable to attend online classes, a UNICEF report out Wednesday said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 03, 2020 08:26 UTC