Imagine there is a boat-school in your area to
HW:
teach river gypsy children. Write a paragraph
about how you can help the gypsy children swith
learning.
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Answer:
River gypsies in Bangladesh are having various problems. First, Bangladesh is getting urbanised very rapidly. Gypsy people are losing their customers in urban population. Hence, their income is threatened. Secondly, 24,000 kilometres of previous waterways has shrunk into only 6,000 kilometres in the country in dry seasons.
Scientists believe that Bangladesh will be worst affected by global climate change. The unpredictable rain and drying out of rivers have made boat movement heavily restricted. ‘Thirdly, many river gypsies are changing their lifestyle in the context of changed reality. They are thinking of living pemumently on land. The authority is that river gypsies need help to survive in the mainstream population. Therefore, the government is offering voting rights, permanent housing and bank-loan facilities. However, changes do not come overnight.
Traditionally, river gypsies are used to water life. They have inherited from their forefathers necessary life skills to survive in waters. They have no education and training to adapt to mainstream modem society. So the authority feels the need to bring them under formal education network. But they have no permanent living place. Gypsy children are born and brought up on roaming boats. Therefore, they cannot go to conventional schools. And hence, mobile boat-schools are coming up for upsy children. Some voluntary organisations are =ming special schools on boats to educate river gypsy children in some areas.
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