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Dangerous crossings: Pupils risk their lives to attend school

A woman carries her daughter across river Makindu in Muhoroni. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

It is 12:40pm and a group of young school children are standing at the banks of the fast-flowing river Makindu waiting fearfully to wade through the dangerous river.

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