Bangladesh is prone to floods. At least twice a year, the coun­try expe­ri­ences floods which dis­rupt dai­ly life in the coun­try. Mil­lions of cit­i­zens suf­fer and remain with­out access to clean water, elec­tric­i­ty, and oth­er neces­si­ties. It also becomes almost impos­si­ble for stu­dents to attend schools. To solve this prob­lem, a non-prof­it organ­i­sa­tion called Shid­hu­lai Swanir­var Sangstha built schools that float.

Each of these boat schools are equipped with com­put­ers, inter­net access and a small library. Pow­er is pro­vid­ed through solar pan­els.

These schools remain func­tion­al and oper­ate as nor­mal even when there are floods in the coun­try and all oth­er ser­vices remain closed. These boat schools pick stu­dents up from docks and river­sides, then dock some­where so that class can begin. When the class is over, these boat schools return the stu­dents to their homes and anoth­er group of stu­dents are picked up. So far thou­sands of chil­dren have ben­e­fit­ted from these boat schools. The organ­i­sa­tion has also built float­ing hous­es and health­care cen­tres.