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Slighe sgoile Mheagsago/Ways to school in Mexico

Every Monday, Lorenzo struggles his way over slippery scree and past steep canyons, just so he can go to school.

Every Monday, little Lorenzo struggles alone as he makes his way over slippery scree and past steep canyons, just so he can go to school and receive something to eat there. The six-year-old lives in north west Mexico in the extensive Sierra Madre Occidental - the home of his people, the Rar谩muri. These indigenous peoples live well-hidden in the mountains and have hardly any contact with the outside world, so Lorenzo must trek at 1,000 metres' altitude. One small lapse of concentration, one careless step, and Lorenzo could fall off the edge.

Facing the most extreme conditions, the children in this series must march, climb or swim their way to school. And yet, they have only one goal in sight, education and a better life. These children have the most spectacular and most dangerous journeys to school in the world.

A h-uile Diluain tha Lorenzo beag a鈥� str矛 tro ghleanntan domhainn, creagan agus morghan airson faighinn dhan sgoil agus airson biadh fhaighinn an sin. Tha am balach, a tha sia bliadhna a dh鈥� aois, a鈥� fuireach ann an iar thuath Mheagsago anns a鈥� che脿rnaidh mh貌r de Sierra Madre Occidental. Seo dachaigh nan daoine aige fh猫in, na Rar谩muri. Tha na t霉sanaich seo a鈥� fuireach ann an 脿iteachan falaichte anns na beanntan gun m貌ran conaltraidh aca leis an t-saoghal. Airson seo a sheachnadh, feumaidh Lorenzo a bhith a鈥� sreap suas ri 1000m, ann an 脿iteachan a tha cho cunnartach 鈥檚 gum faodadh e tuiteam far an oir.

Feumaidh a' chlann san t-sreath seo coiseachd, sreap no sn脿mh ann an suidheachaidhean cunnartach air an t-slighe chun na sgoile. Chan eil aca ach aon amas: foghlam a n矛 leasachadh air am beatha. 'S ann aig a' chloinn seo a tha na slighean sgoile as cunnartaiche air thalamh 鈥� agus cuid dhen fheadhainn as b貌idhche cuideachd.

Dubbed in Gaelic with English subtitles

48 minutes

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